"A family located in north London wants to find an extraordinary and skilled educator to support their youngest child on his initial journey to growing into an British gentleman."
Upon seeing this post, you might naturally skip the term "initial stages" as mere figurative language.
Yet, it might be the crucial aspect of this unique employment listing, as it attempts to recruit a mentor for a infant.
Many of submissions have now been sent in since the anonymous family advertised their search for the £180,000 per year tutor, who must be "an exceptional individual".
Over the last few weeks, the advert has received interest across the media, with many questioning why?
Innovative Idea
A tutoring expert, chief executive of an education consultancy, which is assisting the family in their search, said that despite initial doubt, he viewed the plan "forward-looking", and "progressive".
When he spoke with the family, he said they appreciated the atypical character of their requirement, and how immature their son is.
But, they explained that they "didn't want to wait any longer" to get a tutor, as they had postponed until their firstborn was five, and by that point "cultural influence had already taken hold".
But what did the family indicate by "cultural leaning"?
It's "all-encompassing", Adam responded. "The manner you eat, how you speak".
He stated the older sibling had adopted "really subtle, non-verbal cues" from the family, and had adopted their cultural habits. The family informed the consultant they wished to avoid history to recur with their infant.
The strategy: To engage a UK tutor, who needs to speak with Received Pronunciation, to guide the baby from the very start.
Natural Absorption
"A great deal of the learning at the start here is rather acquired indirectly," explained the CEO.
It's through this osmosis that the family are hoping the child will adopt the British traits they wish to instil.
The consultant noted the tutor had to be an individual who studied at "prestigious academies – the same kinds of schools as the family hope to send their son to".
"The educator must be the suitable individual, they'll be performing things they aren't even aware they're doing, just naturally," he said.
Expense Not a Factor
The family explained to the expert the selected educator should ideally also have understanding of or passion in equestrian activities, alpine skiing, creative fields and music so as to inspire the child in a wide range of passions.
Furthermore though, he explained the family wanted the tutor to register the child on a variety of courses so the child would be "horseback riding and picking up an instrument by the time they are approximately three years old".
In the family's view, helping their son become a "English gentleman" will bring about accomplishment and provide access.
"Considering the pros and cons of that, because it's certainly a status symbol," he comments.
But, in spite of all this tutelage in "English culture", might the child pick up what is termed cultural leaning from the globally influenced family he is raised by in any case?
"Absolutely", said Adam. "The family realize this may not work, but they've simply adopted the perspective of, 'we should try and we should start as early as we can', because the price of it is irrelevant," he said.
Overly Optimistic
Several in the private teaching field who have similar concerns.
Another CEO, chief executive of Blue Education, who provides private tutors, wrote that "the journey of becoming bicultural, or in fact, forming one's identity, is something that must be lived into, not designed."
He wrote that he had moved from Asia to the United Kingdom at the age of childhood, and had been brought up knowing and embodying both cultures. He went on to be educated at the University of Cambridge.
"The concept that a single person can serve as a representation of English culture, a person who can somehow impart the qualities of a English gentleman to a infant child, seems to me naive and unfeasible," he stated.
"Based on my background, engaging a quintessentially UK tutor from babyhood will not automatically create the result they hope for.
"I wasn't provided with that kind of mentor, and yet I have been lucky enough to experience numerous of the opportunities they hope for their son."
He continued: "The reality is, self-identity can not be imposed from the outside; it must be embraced, and it must originate internally."
Acquiring Englishness
Of course, Britishness is something the CEO thinks can be educated – and marketed.
"I believe the reality that the world regards us in this light is something that we should be cherishing|valuing|appreciating
