"Parents based in north London seeks an exceptional and qualified tutor to assist their most junior child on his initial journey to becoming an British gentleman."
Looking at this post, you might easily skip the term "initial stages" as mere figurative language.
But, it could be the crucial part of this unique employment listing, as it aims to hire a teacher for a infant.
Hundreds of applications have already been sent in since the anonymous family posted their search for the £180,000 per year tutor, who needs to be "someone very special".
During the past few weeks, the listing has gained attention in the media, with several wondering why?
Innovative Idea
Adam Caller, chief executive of Tutors International, which is helping the family in their search, explained that in spite of early doubt, he found the idea "forward-looking", and "progressive".
When he consulted the family, he noted they appreciated the unconventional aspect of their requirement, and how young their son is.
But, they stated that they "were unwilling to delay any longer" to hire a tutor, as they had waited until their older child was five, and by that stage "cultural influence had by then taken hold".
But what does the family indicate by "cultural predisposition"?
It's "comprehensive", he responded. "The way you eat, how you speak".
He stated the older sibling had picked up "very nuanced, non-verbal cues" from the family, and had adopted their cultural habits. The family told Adam they wished to avoid history to repeat itself with their infant.
The intention: To engage a English tutor, who needs to speak with Received Pronunciation, to shape the baby from the very start.
Osmotic Learning
"Much of the learning at the beginning here is rather absorbed naturally," stated the expert.
It's by means of this natural absorption that the family are aiming the child will adopt the UK customs they aim to cultivate.
He explained the tutor must be an individual who attended "prestigious academies – the same kinds of schools as the family plan to send their son to".
"The instructor just has to be the suitable individual, they'll be performing things they aren't even aware they're doing, just naturally," he added.
Expense Not a Factor
The family explained to him the successful candidate should ideally also have understanding of or interest in riding, winter sports, artistic pursuits and music so as to inspire the child in a diverse set of passions.
Additionally though, he stated the family hoped the tutor to register the child on a selection of lessons so the child would be "pony-riding and learning an musical instrument by the time they are around three years old".
In the family's minds, assisting their son grow into a "British gentleman" will lead to success and create opportunities.
"Taking into account the advantages and disadvantages of that, because it's definitely a social class indicator," he adds.
But, notwithstanding all this tutelage in "Britishness", would the child adopt so-called cultural leaning from the globally influenced family he lives with regardless?
"Yes", replied the CEO. "They understand this might not succeed, but they've just taken the attitude of, 'why not attempt it and we should start as quickly as we can', because the cost of it is not relevant," he stated.
Impractical
Several in the education sector who express these concerns.
An education leader, head and founder of Blue Education, who also offer personal educators, commented that "the process of embracing two identities, or actually, forming one's identity, is something that must be experienced personally, not manufactured."
The expert wrote that he had emigrated from China to the United Kingdom at the age of childhood, and had been brought up understanding and embodying both cultures. He continued to be educated at Cambridge University.
"The idea that one individual can serve as a representation of English culture, someone who can somehow transplant the qualities of a UK sophisticate onto a one-year-old child, appears optimistic and unfeasible," he wrote.
"Based on my background, having a distinctly British tutor from babyhood will does not necessarily create the outcome they hope for.
"I did not have that kind of mentor, and however I have been fortunate enough to enjoy many of the experiences they desire for their son."
He added: "The fact is, self-identity can not be imposed from the outside; it must be selected, and it must come from within."
Purchasing UK Culture
Certainly, English culture is something the CEO believes can be instructed – and marketed.
"I believe the reality that the global community holds us in this respect is something that we should be cherishing|valuing|appreciating
