"Parents residing in North London wants to find an exceptional and experienced instructor to support their most junior child on his first steps to turning into an British gentleman."
When reading this post, you might readily skip the phrase "initial stages" as just figurative language.
But, it could be the most significant element of this distinctive job advert, as it aims to hire a tutor for a one-year-old.
Numerous of responses have now been submitted since the unnamed family posted their search for the highly paid tutor, who has to be "someone very special".
During the past few weeks, the listing has received interest across the press, with many asking why?
Innovative Idea
Adam Caller, head and founder of an education consultancy, which is assisting the family in their hunt, stated that despite initial doubt, he viewed the concept "forward-looking", and "advanced".
When he consulted the family, he said they appreciated the unusual nature of their requirement, and how early in age their son is.
But, they stated that they "were unwilling to delay any longer" to get a tutor, as they had held off until their older child was five, and by that point "cultural bias had already taken hold".
But what did the family indicate by "cultural predisposition"?
It's "all-encompassing", Adam answered. "How you eat, how you speak".
He stated the firstborn had adopted "extremely delicate, body language" from the family, and had taken on their cultural ways. The family informed Adam they hoped to prevent the same situation to recur with their new baby.
The plan: To bring in a UK tutor, who should speak with standard English accent, to guide the baby from the very start.
Natural Absorption
"A great deal of the education at the beginning here is kind of osmotic," stated the CEO.
It's via this subtle influence that the family are hoping the child will adopt the British traits they wish to cultivate.
He noted the tutor needed to be someone who attended "prestigious academies – the same kinds of schools as the family aspire to send their son to".
"The instructor just has to be the right kind of person, they'll be performing things they may not realize they're doing, simply by nature," he commented.
Cost Not Relevant
The family informed Adam the successful candidate should ideally also have knowledge of or interest in equestrian activities, skiing, creative fields and musical activities so as to influence the child in a diverse set of passions.
More than that though, he said the family desired the tutor to enrol the child on a variety of courses so the child would be "horseback riding and picking up an instrument by the time they are about three years old".
In the family's view, helping their son grow into a "British gentleman" will lead to success and create opportunities.
"Considering the advantages and disadvantages of that, because it's certainly a class statement," he notes.
But, notwithstanding all this instruction in "English culture", might the child pick up so-called cultural influence from the international family he lives with anyway?
"Yes", replied he. "The family understand this could fail, but they've merely embraced the perspective of, 'we should try and we should start as early as we can', because the cost of it is not a concern," he said.
Impractical
A number of in the education sector who have similar doubts.
Peter Cui, chief executive of a tutoring service, who supplies private tutors, wrote that "the journey of adopting dual cultures, or actually, becoming oneself, is something that must be experienced personally, not manufactured."
Peter explained that he had relocated from the Far East to the Britain at the period of 7 years old, and had been brought up knowing and living both cultures. He went on to learn at a prestigious UK institution.
"The idea that a single person can serve as a embodiment of UK identity, an individual who can somehow impart the qualities of a UK sophisticate onto a one-year-old child, strikes me as naive and impractical," he stated.
"In my experience, having a distinctly English tutor from infancy will does not instantly create the goal they want.
"I wasn't provided with that kind of mentor, and yet I have been fortunate enough to enjoy several of the opportunities they desire for their son."
He added: "The reality is, personal identity cannot be forced from the outside influences; it must be selected, and it must come from within."
Purchasing UK Culture
Naturally, Britishness is something the CEO hopes can be taught – and marketed.
"I think the reality that the global community holds us in this light is something that we should be cherishing|valuing|appreciating
