"A household based in the northern part of London wants to find an exceptional and skilled educator to assist their most junior child on his initial journey to growing into an British gentleman."
Looking at this listing, you might readily miss the term "initial stages" as simple figurative language.
But, it may be the most important element of this unique employment listing, as it seeks to hire a tutor for a infant.
Numerous of submissions have now been sent in since the anonymous family published their request for the highly paid tutor, who must be "a uniquely qualified person".
Over the last few weeks, the post has attracted attention across the media, with many asking why?
Progressive Approach
Adam Caller, head and founder of Tutors International, which is assisting the family in their search, said that notwithstanding initial doubt, he found the idea "forward-looking", and "innovative".
When he spoke with the family, he said they understood the unusual nature of their requirement, and how early in age their son is.
But, they explained that they "preferred not to postpone any longer" to engage a tutor, as they had waited until their older child was five, and by that age "cultural influence had by then taken hold".
What precisely did the family mean by "cultural leaning"?
It's "everything", Adam answered. "How you eat, how you speak".
He explained the firstborn had absorbed "really subtle, body language" from the family, and had adopted their cultural habits. The family informed the consultant they hoped to prevent the same situation to happen again with their infant.
The strategy: To hire a English tutor, who should speak with RP, to guide the baby right from the beginning.
Natural Absorption
"A great deal of the learning at the start here is somewhat osmotic," said Adam.
It's via this natural absorption that the family are expecting the child will adopt the English characteristics they want to instil.
The consultant said the tutor had to be an individual who attended "the right kinds of schools – similar types of schools as the family plan to send their son to".
"The educator 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.
Expense Not a Factor
The family told the expert the selected educator should ideally also have understanding of or interest in equestrian activities, alpine skiing, creative fields and music so as to shape the child in a diverse set of interests.
Furthermore though, he stated the family desired the tutor to sign up the child on a variety of classes so the child would be "equestrian training and learning an instrument by the time they are about three years old".
In the family's perspective, assisting their son grow into a "British gentleman" will bring about achievement and create opportunities.
"For all the advantages and disadvantages of that, because it's undoubtedly a class statement," he notes.
However, despite all this guidance in "UK identity", would the child adopt so-called cultural leaning from the multicultural family he is raised by in any case?
"Yes", said he. "They realize this may not work, but they've just taken the view of, 'why not attempt it and let's go as quickly as we can', because the price of it is not a concern," he explained.
Overly Optimistic
A number of in the education sector who have those doubts.
An education leader, chief executive of an educational organization, who provides personal educators, commented that "the process of becoming bicultural, or in fact, becoming oneself, is something that must be lived into, not designed."
He noted that he had emigrated from Asia to the Britain at the period of seven, and had been brought up experiencing and embodying two backgrounds. He progressed to learn at the University of Cambridge.
"The concept that an individual can function as a representation of UK identity, an individual who can possibly transplant the qualities of a UK sophisticate to a 12-month-old child, appears idealistic and unrealistic," he stated.
"In my experience, engaging a typically English tutor from babyhood will will not necessarily achieve the result they desire.
"I wasn't provided with such a figure, and however I have been lucky enough to enjoy numerous of the situations they hope for their son."
He continued: "The reality is, cultural identity can not be forced from the outside; it must be embraced, and it must come from within."
Acquiring Englishness
Of course, English culture is something Adam thinks can be instructed – and marketed.
"I think the fact that the international society views us in this regard is something that we should be cherishing|valuing|appreciating
