"Parents based in north London is looking for an exceptional and skilled educator to support their most junior child on his initial journey to turning into an British gentleman."
When reading this post, you might naturally miss the term "initial stages" as simple an expression.
But, it could be the most important aspect of this unique employment listing, as it attempts to recruit a teacher for a one-year-old.
Many of submissions have since been sent in since the unidentified family posted their search for the £180k-a-year tutor, who must be "someone very special".
In recent few weeks, the advert has received notice in the media, with many questioning why?
Innovative Idea
Adam Caller, head and founder of an education consultancy, which is assisting the family in their search, stated that notwithstanding first skepticism, he found the idea "visionary", and "progressive".
When he met the family, he noted they recognized the unusual character of their request, and how immature their son is.
Nevertheless, they explained that they "were unwilling to delay any longer" to hire a tutor, as they had postponed until their elder sibling was five, and by that age "cultural conditioning had by then taken hold".
But what does the family refer to by "cultural bias"?
It's "everything", Adam answered. "The way you eat, how you speak".
He stated the firstborn had picked up "very nuanced, unspoken signals" from the family, and had taken on their cultural ways. The family informed Adam they did not want history to happen again with their new baby.
The intention: To hire a British tutor, who must speak with Received Pronunciation, to influence the baby from day one.
Subtle Influence
"A lot of the education at the outset here is somewhat osmotic," said Adam.
It's through this natural absorption that the family are expecting the child will pick up the UK customs they want to instil.
He noted the tutor had to be somebody who studied at "prestigious academies – the same kinds of schools as the family hope to send their son to".
"The tutor must be the suitable individual, 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 chosen tutor should ideally also have understanding of or interest in equestrian activities, winter sports, the arts and instrumental training so as to influence the child in a wide range of interests.
Additionally though, he said the family hoped the tutor to sign up the child on a variety of lessons so the child would be "equestrian training and learning an musical instrument by the time they are about three years old".
In the family's view, guiding their son develop into a "British gentleman" will bring about success and open doors.
"For all the rights and wrongs of that, because it's definitely a social class indicator," he adds.
Yet, in spite of all this guidance in "UK identity", could the child absorb what is termed cultural bias from the international family he lives with anyway?
"Yes", said the CEO. "The parents realize this could fail, but they've just taken the attitude of, 'we should try and we'll proceed as early as we can', because the price of it is not a concern," he said.
Idealistic and Unrealistic
Several in the private teaching field who have these doubts.
Another CEO, head and founder of an educational organization, who provides personal educators, commented that "the process of becoming bicultural, or indeed, discovering oneself, is something that must be lived into, not designed."
Peter noted that he had relocated from China to the Britain at the time of childhood, and had been raised understanding and embodying two backgrounds. He progressed to be educated at the University of Cambridge.
"The notion that a single person can serve as a living vessel of English culture, someone who can in some way transplant the characteristics of a English gentleman to a 12-month-old child, appears optimistic and unfeasible," he wrote.
"Based on my background, engaging a typically English tutor from babyhood will does not automatically achieve the result they hope for.
"I did not have that kind of mentor, and nevertheless I have been lucky enough to live many of the opportunities they aspire for their son."
He continued: "The reality is, cultural identity cannot be imposed from the outside; it must be embraced, and it must come from within."
Purchasing UK Culture
Naturally, English culture is something the CEO thinks can be educated – and marketed.
"In my view the fact that the international society views us in this respect is something that we should be cherishing|valuing|appreciating
