"A household located in North London wants to find an exceptional and qualified instructor to assist their most junior child on his early path to growing into an British gentleman."
Upon seeing this post, you might easily overlook the term "initial stages" as mere figurative language.
But, it could be the crucial element of this unusual job advert, as it aims to recruit a teacher for a one-year-old.
Numerous of applications have already been sent in since the unidentified family posted their request for the £180,000 per year tutor, who needs to be "an exceptional individual".
Over the last few weeks, the listing has received interest in the press, with several wondering why?
Forward-Thinking Method
A tutoring expert, chief executive of a global tutoring firm, which is helping the family in their search, explained that despite first scepticism, he considered the concept "forward-looking", and "innovative".
When he met the family, he mentioned they recognized the atypical character of their request, and how immature their son is.
Nevertheless, they clarified that they "preferred not to postpone any longer" to hire a tutor, as they had postponed until their older child was five, and by that stage "cultural bias had already set in".
What exactly did the family indicate by "cultural leaning"?
It's "everything", he replied. "The way you eat, how you speak".
He explained the older sibling had picked up "really subtle, body language" from the family, and had assumed their cultural ways. The family told him they wished to avoid the same situation to recur with their new baby.
The strategy: To engage a UK tutor, who needs to speak with standard English accent, to shape the baby right from the beginning.
Subtle Influence
"A lot of the learning at the start here is rather acquired indirectly," said the expert.
It's by means of this subtle influence that the family are hoping the child will acquire the English characteristics they want to impart.
Adam said the tutor needed to be somebody who attended "the appropriate educational institutions – the same kinds of schools as the family hope to send their son to".
"The tutor simply needs to be the suitable individual, they'll be performing things they don't even know they're doing, just naturally," he said.
Money No Object
The family told him the selected educator should ideally also have knowledge of or interest in equestrian activities, alpine skiing, artistic pursuits and music so as to inspire the child in a wide range of passions.
Additionally though, he said the family desired the tutor to register the child on a range of courses so the child would be "pony-riding and learning an musical instrument by the time they are approximately three years old".
In the family's minds, helping their son develop into a "British gentleman" will bring about accomplishment and open doors.
"For all the advantages and disadvantages of that, because it's certainly a class statement," he comments.
Yet, notwithstanding all this instruction in "English culture", would the child absorb alleged cultural leaning from the multicultural family he lives with in any case?
"Yes", said Adam. "The family understand this may not work, but they've simply adopted the perspective of, 'let's give it a go and let's go as quickly as we can', because the expense of it is not relevant," he stated.
Idealistic and Unrealistic
Several in the education sector who share similar reservations.
Another CEO, chief executive of an educational organization, who also offer personal educators, stated that "the journey of embracing two identities, or indeed, forming one's identity, is something that must be lived into, not manufactured."
Peter wrote that he had relocated from Asia to the United Kingdom at the time of childhood, and had been educated knowing and embodying both cultures. He progressed to learn at the University of Cambridge.
"The concept that one individual can function as a living vessel of UK identity, someone who can possibly transplant the qualities of a British gentleman onto a 12-month-old child, appears optimistic and unfeasible," he stated.
"Based on my background, engaging a distinctly British tutor from babyhood will not necessarily create the goal they desire.
"I did not have such a figure, and nevertheless I have been lucky enough to live many of the situations they aspire for their son."
He stated: "The reality is, personal identity can not be imposed from the outside influences; it must be selected, and it must be internally driven."
Acquiring Englishness
Of course, Britishness is something the expert believes can be taught – and commercialized.
"I believe the reality that the international society holds us in this regard is something that we should be cherishing|valuing|appreciating
