"A family located in North London wants to find an remarkable and skilled instructor to guide their most junior child on his initial journey to turning into an British gentleman."
Looking at this advertisement, you might naturally miss the term "initial stages" as simple figurative language.
But, it may be the most significant aspect of this unusual job advert, as it seeks to find a tutor for a 12-month-old.
Hundreds of submissions have since been submitted since the unnamed family published their call for the £180,000 per year tutor, who has to be "an exceptional individual".
Over the last few weeks, the post has received notice in the press, with several asking why?
Progressive Approach
The CEO, head and founder of Tutors International, which is supporting the family in their hunt, said that despite early skepticism, he considered the concept "forward-looking", and "advanced".
When he consulted the family, he mentioned they appreciated the unconventional nature of their requirement, and how immature their son is.
However, they explained that they "were unwilling to delay any longer" to hire a tutor, as they had waited until their elder sibling was five, and by that point "cultural bias had already become established".
What exactly does the family indicate by "cultural bias"?
It's "everything", the expert replied. "The way you eat, how you speak".
He explained the older sibling had absorbed "really subtle, unspoken signals" from the family, and had adopted their cultural norms. The family informed Adam they hoped to prevent this pattern to recur with their younger child.
The intention: To hire a English tutor, who should speak with standard English accent, to shape the baby right from the beginning.
Natural Absorption
"A lot of the education at the outset here is somewhat absorbed naturally," explained Adam.
It's through this osmosis that the family are aiming the child will pick up the English characteristics they wish to impart.
Adam explained the tutor needed to be an individual who studied at "prestigious academies – comparable categories of schools as the family aspire to send their son to".
"The instructor must be the suitable individual, they'll be performing things they may not realize they're doing, just naturally," he commented.
Money No Object
The family told Adam the selected educator should ideally also have understanding of or enthusiasm in horse riding, alpine skiing, artistic pursuits and musical activities so as to shape the child in a wide range of hobbies.
Additionally though, he explained the family wanted the tutor to sign up the child on a variety of classes so the child would be "pony-riding and picking up an musical instrument by the time they are approximately three years old".
In the family's view, guiding their son develop into a "UK sophisticate" will bring about success and provide access.
"For all the rights and wrongs of that, because it's definitely a class statement," he adds.
But, despite all this instruction in "UK identity", might the child pick up what is termed cultural influence from the international family he resides with in any case?
"Yes", said he. "They realize this could fail, but they've just taken the attitude of, 'let's give it a go and we should start as early as we can', because the price of it is not relevant," he said.
Overly Optimistic
There are some in the private teaching field who express similar reservations.
An education leader, head and founder of a tutoring service, who supplies individual instructors, wrote that "the development of becoming bicultural, or in fact, forming one's identity, is something that must be experienced personally, not engineered."
Peter noted that he had moved from China to the United Kingdom at the period of childhood, and had been brought up understanding and practicing dual heritages. He continued to learn at the University of Cambridge.
"The idea that an individual can serve as a embodiment of UK identity, someone who can in some way transfer the characteristics of a English gentleman upon a one-year-old child, appears optimistic and unfeasible," he stated.
"From my perspective, having a quintessentially British tutor from babyhood will will not instantly create the outcome they desire.
"I did not have such a figure, and yet I have been privileged enough to experience numerous of the experiences they hope for their son."
He stated: "The reality is, self-identity should not be imposed from the external environment; it must be selected, and it must come from within."
Buying Britishness
Of course, Britishness is something the CEO hopes can be taught – and sold.
"I believe the reality that the international society regards us in this respect is something that we should be cherishing|valuing|appreciating
