"Parents based in north London is looking for an exceptional and skilled instructor to guide their youngest child on his initial journey to becoming an English gentleman."
When reading this post, you might naturally overlook the term "beginning" as mere a turn of phrase.
But, it may be the most significant part of this unique job advert, as it attempts to find a teacher for a infant.
Hundreds of applications have already been submitted since the anonymous family published their search for the £180,000 per year tutor, who needs to be "a uniquely qualified person".
Over the last few weeks, the listing has received attention across the media, with several asking why?
Progressive Approach
Adam Caller, CEO and founder of a global tutoring firm, which is assisting the family in their quest, stated that notwithstanding early scepticism, he considered the idea "forward-looking", and "advanced".
When he spoke with the family, he noted they understood the unusual aspect of their request, and how young their son is.
But, they clarified that they "were unwilling to delay any longer" to engage a tutor, as they had waited until their older child was five, and by that stage "cultural influence had already become established".
But what did the family indicate by "cultural leaning"?
It's "everything", the expert replied. "The manner you eat, the way you speak".
He said the firstborn had absorbed "extremely delicate, non-verbal cues" from the family, and had assumed their cultural norms. The family informed him they wished to avoid the same situation to repeat itself with their infant.
The intention: To bring in a British tutor, who must speak with Received Pronunciation, to influence the baby right from the beginning.
Natural Absorption
"A lot of the development at the beginning here is somewhat acquired indirectly," stated the CEO.
It's via this subtle influence that the family are expecting the child will acquire the British traits they aim to instil.
He noted the tutor needed to be someone who went to "prestigious academies – comparable categories of schools as the family plan to send their son to".
"The instructor just has to be the appropriate candidate, they'll be doing things they aren't even aware they're doing, simply by nature," he added.
Cost Not Relevant
The family informed Adam the chosen tutor should ideally also have familiarity of or interest in horse riding, winter sports, the arts and musical activities so as to influence the child in a broad spectrum of interests.
Furthermore though, he said the family wanted the tutor to enrol the child on a selection of courses so the child would be "equestrian training and starting an instrument by the time they are around three years old".
In the family's perspective, guiding their son develop into a "British gentleman" will lead to achievement and open doors.
"Taking into account the rights and wrongs of that, because it's definitely a status symbol," he notes.
However, in spite of all this tutelage in "English culture", could the child absorb what is termed cultural bias from the international family he resides with anyway?
"Certainly", replied the CEO. "The family understand this might not succeed, but they've merely embraced the attitude of, 'we should try and we'll proceed as early as we can', because the price of it is not relevant," he explained.
Impractical
A number of in the education sector who share these doubts.
Another CEO, CEO and founder of an educational organization, who also offer personal educators, commented that "the development of adopting dual cultures, or actually, becoming oneself, is something that must be experienced personally, not manufactured."
The expert noted that he had emigrated from the Far East to the United Kingdom at the period of 7 years old, and had been brought up experiencing and embodying two backgrounds. He went on to be educated at the University of Cambridge.
"The notion that one individual can function as a representation of English culture, a person who can possibly impart the characteristics of a English gentleman upon a 12-month-old child, seems to me idealistic and impractical," he commented.
"Based on my background, employing a distinctly English tutor from infancy will does not automatically achieve the outcome they want.
"I did not have such a tutor, and yet I have been lucky enough to live many of the situations they desire for their son."
He added: "The reality is, self-identity should not be dictated from the outside; it must be chosen, and it must originate internally."
Purchasing UK Culture
Naturally, Britishness is something Adam believes can be educated – and sold.
"I think the fact that the international society regards us in this regard is something that we should be cherishing|valuing|appreciating
