"Parents based in North London is looking for an remarkable and qualified instructor to guide their smallest child on his early path to turning into an British gentleman."
Upon seeing this listing, you might naturally skip the term "initial stages" as just figurative language.
Yet, it could be the most important element of this unusual job advert, as it aims to recruit a teacher for a one-year-old.
Numerous of responses have already been submitted since the anonymous family published their search for the £180,000 per year tutor, who has to be "an exceptional individual".
During the past few weeks, the advert has gained interest across the news, with many asking why?
Forward-Thinking Method
A tutoring expert, head and founder of an education consultancy, which is assisting the family in their hunt, explained that despite early skepticism, he found the idea "far sighted", and "advanced".
When he spoke with the family, he noted they understood the unconventional character of their requirement, and how immature their son is.
However, they clarified that they "preferred not to postpone any longer" to get a tutor, as they had held off until their firstborn was five, and by that age "cultural bias had by then taken hold".
What exactly does the family mean by "cultural leaning"?
It's "everything", the expert replied. "The way you eat, the manner you speak".
He stated the firstborn had absorbed "really subtle, non-verbal cues" from the family, and had adopted their cultural norms. The family told him they hoped to prevent the same situation to repeat itself with their infant.
The plan: To bring in a English tutor, who must speak with Received Pronunciation, to guide the baby from day one.
Subtle Influence
"A great deal of the development at the outset here is somewhat osmotic," stated the CEO.
It's through this subtle influence that the family are expecting the child will adopt the British traits they want to instil.
He noted the tutor must be somebody who went to "prestigious academies – similar types of schools as the family aspire to send their son to".
"The educator must be the suitable individual, they'll be doing things they don't even know they're doing, effortlessly," he added.
Expense Not a Factor
The family informed Adam the chosen tutor should preferably also have knowledge of or enthusiasm in equestrian activities, skiing, the arts and musical activities so as to inspire the child in a broad spectrum of interests.
Additionally though, he said the family desired the tutor to enrol the child on a selection of classes so the child would be "pony-riding and starting an tool 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 achievement and create opportunities.
"Taking into account the pros and cons of that, because it's certainly a status symbol," he adds.
However, notwithstanding all this instruction in "UK identity", might the child absorb so-called cultural leaning from the international family he lives with anyway?
"Certainly", answered Adam. "They understand this may not work, but they've just taken the attitude of, 'why not attempt it and let's go as early as we can', because the price of it is not relevant," he stated.
Overly Optimistic
There are some in the education sector who express these reservations.
An education leader, head and founder of Blue Education, who provides personal educators, stated that "the journey of embracing two identities, or actually, discovering oneself, is something that must be lived into, not designed."
The expert noted that he had emigrated from the Far East to the Britain at the period of seven, and had been raised understanding and embodying two backgrounds. He went on to study at the University of Cambridge.
"The notion that a single person can act as a living vessel of UK identity, someone who can somehow transplant the qualities of a English gentleman onto a 12-month-old child, seems to me idealistic and unfeasible," he stated.
"In my experience, employing a distinctly UK tutor from infancy will not automatically create the goal they hope for.
"I did not have such a figure, and nevertheless I have been lucky enough to live many of the opportunities they hope for their son."
He stated: "The truth is, cultural identity cannot be imposed from the external environment; it must be embraced, and it must originate internally."
Purchasing UK Culture
Of course, UK identity is something the CEO hopes can be educated – and marketed.
"I think the fact that the international society regards us in this regard is something that we should be cherishing|valuing|appreciating
