"A family located in the northern part of London seeks an remarkable and experienced instructor to support their most junior child on his initial journey to becoming an British gentleman."
Upon seeing this listing, you might naturally miss the phrase "initial stages" as mere a turn of phrase.
However, it might be the most significant part of this unique job advert, as it attempts to find a tutor for a 12-month-old.
Hundreds of responses have now been sent in since the unnamed family advertised their search for the £180,000 per year tutor, who must be "an exceptional individual".
Over the last few weeks, the listing has received attention in the media, with several asking why?
Forward-Thinking Method
The CEO, head and founder of Tutors International, which is assisting the family in their hunt, stated that in spite of first skepticism, he viewed the concept "far sighted", and "advanced".
When he consulted the family, he said they understood the unconventional aspect of their demand, and how immature their son is.
However, 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 age "cultural conditioning had already become established".
What exactly did the family refer to by "cultural predisposition"?
It's "everything", he responded. "The way you eat, the way you speak".
He stated the elder child had absorbed "really subtle, non-verbal cues" from the family, and had taken on their cultural ways. The family informed the consultant they did not want history to happen again with their new baby.
The strategy: To bring in a UK tutor, who must speak with standard English accent, to influence the baby right from the beginning.
Osmotic Learning
"Much of the learning at the outset here is rather absorbed naturally," said the CEO.
It's through this subtle influence that the family are expecting the child will acquire the English characteristics they wish to cultivate.
Adam said the tutor had to be somebody who studied at "the appropriate educational institutions – comparable categories of schools as the family aspire to send their son to".
"The instructor simply needs to be the appropriate candidate, they'll be performing things they aren't even aware they're doing, simply by nature," he said.
Money No Object
The family told the expert the chosen tutor should preferably also have understanding of or passion in equestrian activities, skiing, creative fields and musical activities so as to influence the child in a diverse set of hobbies.
Furthermore though, he stated the family desired the tutor to enrol the child on a range of lessons so the child would be "equestrian training and picking up an instrument by the time they are approximately three years old".
In the family's minds, guiding their son grow into a "British gentleman" will result in achievement and open doors.
"For all the rights and wrongs of that, because it's certainly a status symbol," he notes.
Yet, in spite of all this instruction in "Britishness", could the child pick up what is termed cultural influence from the multicultural family he is raised by anyway?
"Certainly", said he. "The family realize this might not succeed, but they've merely embraced the view of, 'we should try and let's go as quickly as we can', because the cost of it is not a concern," he stated.
Overly Optimistic
A number of in the education sector who have similar reservations.
Another CEO, CEO and founder of a tutoring service, who provides personal educators, stated that "the development of embracing two identities, or in fact, discovering oneself, is something that must be experienced personally, not manufactured."
The expert explained that he had relocated from the Far East to the United Kingdom at the age of 7 years old, and had been educated knowing and practicing dual heritages. He progressed to be educated at a prestigious UK institution.
"The concept that one individual can act as a living vessel of UK identity, someone who can in some way impart the qualities of a English gentleman onto a infant child, strikes me as naive and unrealistic," he wrote.
"From my perspective, having a distinctly British tutor from early childhood will does not necessarily produce the goal they want.
"I never had such a tutor, and however I have been privileged enough to experience several of the situations they aspire for their son."
He continued: "The fact is, cultural identity should not be imposed from the outside; it must be selected, and it must be internally driven."
Acquiring Englishness
Certainly, Britishness is something the CEO hopes can be educated – and marketed.
"I think the fact that the international society views us in this respect is something that we should be cherishing|valuing|appreciating
