"A household located in the northern part of London is looking for an extraordinary and experienced educator to support their youngest child on his early path to becoming an British gentleman."
Upon seeing this post, you might naturally skip the term "initial stages" as just a turn of phrase.
However, it could be the most significant aspect of this unique position posting, as it attempts to hire a mentor for a one-year-old.
Many of applications have already been sent in since the anonymous family published their request for the highly paid tutor, who needs to be "someone very special".
In recent few weeks, the post has gained notice in the news, with several asking why?
Progressive Approach
The CEO, head and founder of a global tutoring firm, which is helping the family in their hunt, explained that in spite of early skepticism, he considered the plan "visionary", and "advanced".
When he consulted the family, he noted they recognized the unconventional nature of their demand, and how young their son is.
But, 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 stage "cultural bias had already set in".
What exactly did the family mean by "cultural bias"?
It's "comprehensive", he replied. "How you eat, the way you speak".
He stated the older sibling had absorbed "extremely delicate, non-verbal cues" from the family, and had taken on their cultural habits. The family told him they did not want the same situation to recur with their new baby.
The strategy: To bring in a British tutor, who needs to speak with standard English accent, to shape the baby from the very start.
Osmotic Learning
"A great deal of the learning at the start here is somewhat absorbed naturally," said the expert.
It's via this natural absorption that the family are aiming the child will acquire the British traits they wish to instil.
He explained the tutor needed to be someone who went to "the right kinds of schools – comparable categories of schools as the family aspire to send their son to".
"The tutor just has to be the suitable individual, they'll be performing things they don't even know they're doing, just naturally," he commented.
Expense Not a Factor
The family explained to him the selected educator should preferably also have familiarity of or enthusiasm in equestrian activities, skiing, the arts and musical activities so as to influence the child in a broad spectrum of passions.
Furthermore though, he explained the family desired the tutor to sign up the child on a variety of classes so the child would be "horseback riding and learning an instrument by the time they are about three years old".
In the family's view, helping their son grow into a "British gentleman" will bring about success and create opportunities.
"For all the advantages and disadvantages of that, because it's definitely a status symbol," he adds.
Yet, in spite of all this instruction in "English culture", would the child adopt alleged cultural bias from the multicultural family he resides with in any case?
"Yes", replied Adam. "The family know this might not succeed, but they've merely embraced the view of, 'why not attempt it and let's go as early as we can', because the price of it is not a concern," he explained.
Impractical
There are some in the education sector who share similar reservations.
Another CEO, chief executive of a tutoring service, who also offer personal educators, stated that "the journey of embracing two identities, or actually, discovering oneself, is something that must be lived into, not designed."
Peter wrote that he had relocated from Asia to the Britain at the time of childhood, and had been raised experiencing and embodying both cultures. He continued to learn at Cambridge University.
"The concept that one individual can serve as a representation of English culture, a person who can somehow transfer the attributes of a British gentleman upon a infant child, strikes me as optimistic and unfeasible," he commented.
"From my perspective, employing a distinctly English tutor from early childhood will will not necessarily achieve the goal they want.
"I never had such a figure, and nevertheless I have been lucky enough to enjoy many of the experiences they desire for their son."
He added: "The fact is, personal identity can not be imposed from the external environment; it must be embraced, and it must originate internally."
Buying Britishness
Naturally, English culture is something the CEO hopes can be educated – and sold.
"In my view the situation that the international society views us in this respect is something that we should be cherishing|valuing|appreciating
