"Parents based in north London is looking for an extraordinary and experienced educator to support their smallest child on his early path to turning into an British gentleman."
Upon seeing this post, you might naturally overlook the term "initial stages" as simple a turn of phrase.
However, it might be the crucial aspect of this unusual job advert, as it attempts to hire a mentor for a one-year-old.
Many of applications have since been received since the unidentified family advertised their call for the £180k-a-year tutor, who must be "an exceptional individual".
Over the last few weeks, the post has received attention throughout the news, with numerous wondering why?
Innovative Idea
The CEO, chief executive of a global tutoring firm, which is supporting the family in their hunt, explained that notwithstanding initial skepticism, he viewed the idea "far sighted", and "advanced".
When he met the family, he said they appreciated the unconventional aspect of their demand, and how young their son is.
However, they explained that they "preferred not to postpone any longer" to hire a tutor, as they had held off until their elder sibling was five, and by that age "cultural influence had already set in".
What exactly does the family indicate by "cultural predisposition"?
It's "all-encompassing", the expert answered. "The way you eat, the way you speak".
He stated the older sibling had absorbed "really subtle, body language" from the family, and had adopted their cultural ways. The family informed him they did not want the same situation to recur with their infant.
The plan: To hire a English tutor, who needs to speak with RP, to guide the baby from the very start.
Natural Absorption
"A great deal of the development at the outset here is somewhat osmotic," said the expert.
It's through this osmosis that the family are hoping the child will adopt the British traits they aim to cultivate.
The consultant noted the tutor needed to be somebody who attended "the appropriate educational institutions – comparable categories of schools as the family hope to send their son to".
"The instructor just has to be the right kind of person, they'll be performing things they don't even know they're doing, just naturally," he said.
Cost Not Relevant
The family told the expert the selected educator should ideally also have familiarity of or passion in riding, alpine skiing, the arts and musical activities so as to inspire the child in a diverse set of hobbies.
Furthermore though, he explained the family desired the tutor to register the child on a selection of classes so the child would be "horseback riding and starting an instrument by the time they are about three years old".
In the family's view, assisting their son develop into a "UK sophisticate" will lead to success and create opportunities.
"For all the pros and cons of that, because it's undoubtedly a class statement," he adds.
Yet, despite all this instruction in "UK identity", would the child pick up what is termed cultural leaning from the globally influenced family he resides with regardless?
"Yes", answered the CEO. "The family know this may not work, but they've merely embraced the view of, 'we should try and we should start as quickly as we can', because the price of it is not relevant," he said.
Overly Optimistic
There are some in the tutoring industry who share those reservations.
An education leader, chief executive of Blue Education, who also offer individual instructors, wrote that "the journey of adopting dual cultures, or in fact, discovering oneself, is something that must be grown into, not manufactured."
The expert noted that he had emigrated from the Far East to the UK at the time of 7 years old, and had been brought up knowing and living two backgrounds. He went on to learn at the University of Cambridge.
"The concept that a single person can act as a representation of English culture, an individual who can somehow impart the characteristics of a English gentleman upon a 12-month-old child, appears optimistic and impractical," he commented.
"From my perspective, employing a quintessentially English tutor from infancy will does not necessarily achieve the result they want.
"I never had such a tutor, and however I have been privileged enough to enjoy many of the opportunities they desire for their son."
He added: "The fact is, personal identity cannot be dictated from the outside; it must be selected, and it must originate internally."
Buying Britishness
Of course, UK identity is something Adam believes can be instructed – and commercialized.
"I believe the reality that the international society views us in this respect is something that we should be cherishing|valuing|appreciating
