"Parents located in the northern part of London is looking for an extraordinary and qualified tutor to assist their youngest child on his early path to growing into an English gentleman."
When reading this post, you might easily skip the term "initial stages" as simple an expression.
But, it could be the crucial aspect of this unusual job advert, as it seeks to recruit a teacher for a infant.
Hundreds of responses have now been submitted since the unnamed family posted their request for the £180k-a-year tutor, who has to be "a uniquely qualified person".
Over the last few weeks, the listing has received attention in the media, with numerous wondering why?
Progressive Approach
A tutoring expert, head and founder of a global tutoring firm, which is helping the family in their quest, explained that despite early doubt, he considered the concept "forward-looking", and "advanced".
When he consulted the family, he mentioned they recognized the atypical character of their demand, and how young their son is.
Nevertheless, they clarified 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 point "cultural influence had already set in".
But what does the family indicate by "cultural leaning"?
It's "all-encompassing", he answered. "The manner you eat, the manner you speak".
He said the older sibling had adopted "extremely delicate, non-verbal cues" from the family, and had assumed their cultural ways. The family explained to the consultant they wished to avoid history to recur with their new baby.
The plan: To hire a British tutor, who needs to speak with RP, to influence the baby right from the beginning.
Osmotic Learning
"A lot of the learning at the beginning here is somewhat absorbed naturally," explained the CEO.
It's by means of this osmosis that the family are aiming the child will adopt the British traits they want to cultivate.
He said the tutor needed to be an individual who went to "the right kinds of schools – comparable categories of schools as the family plan to send their son to".
"The instructor must be the right kind of person, they'll be doing things they aren't even aware they're doing, simply by nature," he added.
Money No Object
The family explained to Adam the successful candidate should preferably also have understanding of or interest in horse riding, winter sports, the arts and musical activities so as to influence the child in a wide range of interests.
Furthermore though, he said the family hoped the tutor to sign up the child on a variety of courses so the child would be "equestrian training and starting an musical instrument by the time they are around three years old".
In the family's minds, assisting their son become a "British gentleman" will result in success and provide access.
"For all the pros and cons of that, because it's definitely a status symbol," he notes.
However, in spite of all this tutelage in "Britishness", would the child absorb so-called cultural influence from the multicultural family he is raised by regardless?
"Yes", replied Adam. "They know this might not succeed, but they've just taken the view of, 'we should try and let's go as soon as we can', because the price of it is irrelevant," he stated.
Overly Optimistic
A number of in the education sector who express these concerns.
Another CEO, head and founder of Blue Education, who provides personal educators, stated that "the development of adopting dual cultures, or indeed, forming one's identity, is something that must be lived into, not engineered."
Peter noted that he had emigrated from the Far East to the Britain at the period of childhood, and had been brought up understanding and embodying both cultures. He went on to learn at the University of Cambridge.
"The notion that an individual can function as a living vessel of UK identity, someone who can in some way transplant the attributes of a UK sophisticate onto a infant child, appears optimistic and unrealistic," he commented.
"From my perspective, employing a typically UK tutor from early childhood will does not necessarily achieve the goal they hope for.
"I wasn't provided with that kind of mentor, and however I have been lucky enough to enjoy many of the opportunities they hope for their son."
He added: "The reality is, self-identity cannot be imposed from the outside; it must be chosen, and it must be internally driven."
Buying Britishness
Certainly, Britishness is something Adam believes can be taught – and commercialized.
"In my view the fact that the international society regards us in this regard is something that we should be cherishing|valuing|appreciating
