"A family based in North London wants to find an exceptional and qualified tutor to guide their smallest child on his first steps to growing into an British gentleman."
Upon seeing this post, you might naturally overlook the term "initial stages" as mere a turn of phrase.
But, it could be the most significant element of this distinctive employment listing, as it aims to find a teacher for a 12-month-old.
Many of responses have since been received since the unidentified family advertised their request for the £180k-a-year tutor, who must be "an exceptional individual".
In recent few weeks, the advert has received interest in the news, with several questioning why?
Innovative Idea
A tutoring expert, CEO and founder of Tutors International, which is supporting the family in their search, explained that notwithstanding first skepticism, he viewed the idea "forward-looking", and "advanced".
When he spoke with the family, he said they appreciated the unconventional character of their requirement, and how young their son is.
Nevertheless, they clarified that they "didn't want to wait any longer" to hire a tutor, as they had waited until their firstborn was five, and by that stage "cultural influence had by then become established".
But what does the family mean by "cultural predisposition"?
It's "everything", the expert responded. "The way you eat, how you speak".
He said the firstborn had absorbed "really subtle, unspoken signals" from the family, and had taken on their cultural norms. The family informed him they hoped to prevent history to happen again with their new baby.
The plan: To hire a English tutor, who needs to speak with RP, to influence the baby from the very start.
Natural Absorption
"A great deal of the education at the beginning here is somewhat osmotic," said Adam.
It's via this osmosis that the family are hoping the child will acquire the English characteristics they aim to cultivate.
The consultant said the tutor must be someone who went to "the appropriate educational institutions – similar types of schools as the family aspire to send their son to".
"The tutor must be the suitable individual, they'll be doing things they may not realize they're doing, just naturally," he commented.
Money No Object
The family told Adam the selected educator should preferably also have understanding of or passion in equestrian activities, winter sports, the arts and instrumental training so as to influence the child in a diverse set of passions.
Additionally though, he stated the family desired the tutor to enrol the child on a range of classes so the child would be "horseback riding and starting an musical instrument by the time they are about three years old".
In the family's view, guiding their son become a "UK sophisticate" will result in achievement and create opportunities.
"Taking into account the advantages and disadvantages of that, because it's definitely a status symbol," he notes.
However, despite all this instruction in "UK identity", might the child absorb alleged cultural leaning from the international family he lives with in any case?
"Certainly", answered the CEO. "They know this may not work, but they've simply adopted the attitude of, 'why not attempt it and let's go as early as we can', because the expense of it is not a concern," he said.
Overly Optimistic
There are some in the education sector who share these concerns.
Peter Cui, chief executive of a tutoring service, who also offer individual instructors, stated that "the development of becoming bicultural, or indeed, becoming oneself, is something that must be lived into, not manufactured."
The expert noted that he had moved from the Far East to the United Kingdom at the period of childhood, and had been brought up knowing and living dual heritages. He progressed to study at a prestigious UK institution.
"The idea that a single person can function as a living vessel of UK identity, a person who can in some way transfer the attributes of a UK sophisticate to a one-year-old child, appears idealistic and unfeasible," he wrote.
"Based on my background, employing a typically UK tutor from infancy will not automatically create the outcome they desire.
"I never had such a tutor, and however I have been lucky enough to experience many of the situations they hope for their son."
He added: "The reality is, cultural identity cannot be imposed from the outside influences; it must be embraced, and it must originate internally."
Buying Britishness
Of course, UK identity is something the CEO thinks can be educated – and commercialized.
"I think the situation that the world views us in this regard is something that we should be cherishing|valuing|appreciating
