"A household located in North London wants to find an extraordinary and skilled educator to assist their smallest child on his initial journey to turning into an English gentleman."
Upon seeing this advertisement, you might naturally skip the wording "initial stages" as just figurative language.
But, it may be the crucial element of this unusual employment listing, as it aims to hire a mentor for a one-year-old.
Many of responses have already been submitted since the anonymous family posted their call for the £180,000 per year tutor, who must be "an exceptional individual".
Over the last few weeks, the advert has attracted interest across the press, with numerous wondering why?
Innovative Idea
The CEO, head and founder of an education consultancy, which is supporting the family in their hunt, said that despite early doubt, he viewed the idea "visionary", and "advanced".
When he met the family, he mentioned they appreciated the unconventional nature of their request, and how young their son is.
But, they explained that they "were unwilling to delay any longer" to hire a tutor, as they had postponed until their older child was five, and by that stage "cultural bias had by then become established".
What exactly does the family refer to by "cultural leaning"?
It's "everything", Adam responded. "How you eat, how you speak".
He stated the firstborn had absorbed "very nuanced, body language" from the family, and had adopted their cultural habits. The family informed Adam they wished to avoid the same situation to recur with their infant.
The plan: To engage a English tutor, who must speak with standard English accent, to influence the baby from the very start.
Subtle Influence
"A lot of the learning at the beginning here is rather acquired indirectly," said the CEO.
It's by means of this osmosis that the family are aiming the child will pick up the UK customs they want to impart.
He said the tutor had to be an individual who studied at "the right kinds of schools – the same kinds of schools as the family plan to send their son to".
"The tutor simply needs to be the right kind of person, they'll be carrying out things they aren't even aware they're doing, just naturally," he commented.
Expense Not a Factor
The family explained to Adam the successful candidate should ideally also have familiarity of or interest in riding, skiing, the arts and musical activities so as to inspire the child in a broad spectrum of interests.
Furthermore though, he explained the family desired the tutor to sign up the child on a variety of lessons so the child would be "equestrian training and learning an instrument by the time they are approximately three years old".
In the family's perspective, assisting their son grow into a "British gentleman" will lead to success and open doors.
"Taking into account the rights and wrongs of that, because it's certainly a class statement," he adds.
However, in spite of all this tutelage in "English culture", could the child adopt alleged cultural influence from the international family he resides with regardless?
"Yes", answered the CEO. "The family understand this could fail, but they've merely embraced the view of, 'why not attempt it and we'll proceed as soon as we can', because the cost of it is not relevant," he explained.
Overly Optimistic
Several in the education sector who express these concerns.
Another CEO, CEO and founder of an educational organization, who provides individual instructors, stated that "the process of embracing two identities, or actually, discovering oneself, is something that must be lived into, not manufactured."
Peter explained that he had relocated from the Far East to the UK at the age of childhood, and had been brought up knowing and embodying both cultures. He progressed to be educated at a prestigious UK institution.
"The concept that a single person can serve as a embodiment of Britishness, someone who can possibly impart the attributes of a UK sophisticate upon a one-year-old child, seems to me naive and impractical," he commented.
"Based on my background, engaging a distinctly British tutor from early childhood will not instantly achieve the outcome they hope for.
"I never had such a tutor, and nevertheless I have been fortunate enough to experience numerous of the situations they desire for their son."
He stated: "The truth is, cultural identity cannot be forced from the outside; it must be chosen, and it must originate internally."
Buying Britishness
Of course, Britishness is something the expert thinks can be educated – and commercialized.
"I think the reality that the international society views us in this light is something that we should be cherishing|valuing|appreciating
