"Parents based in North London seeks an exceptional and skilled educator to support their most junior child on his initial journey to becoming an British gentleman."
When reading this post, you might naturally skip the term "beginning" as simple figurative language.
Yet, it might be the most important element of this distinctive job advert, as it attempts to recruit a teacher for a 12-month-old.
Hundreds of submissions have already been received since the unnamed family published their request for the £180,000 per year tutor, who must be "an exceptional individual".
In recent few weeks, the advert has gained notice in the media, with numerous asking why?
Innovative Idea
A tutoring expert, CEO and founder of a global tutoring firm, which is assisting the family in their search, said that in spite of initial skepticism, he found the idea "visionary", and "advanced".
When he spoke with the family, he noted they recognized the unusual nature of their requirement, and how young their son is.
Nevertheless, they clarified that they "didn't want to wait any longer" to engage a tutor, as they had held off until their elder sibling was five, and by that stage "cultural conditioning had by then taken hold".
But what did the family refer to by "cultural bias"?
It's "comprehensive", he responded. "The way you eat, how you speak".
He stated the older sibling had absorbed "very nuanced, body language" from the family, and had assumed their cultural ways. The family explained to the consultant they wished to avoid history to recur with their infant.
The intention: To bring in a British tutor, who must speak with standard English accent, to influence the baby from day one.
Natural Absorption
"A great deal of the learning at the outset here is rather osmotic," said Adam.
It's through this natural absorption that the family are expecting the child will adopt the UK customs they aim to impart.
The consultant noted the tutor must be an individual who went to "prestigious academies – similar types of schools as the family aspire to send their son to".
"The tutor just has to be the appropriate candidate, they'll be carrying out things they don't even know they're doing, effortlessly," he added.
Cost Not Relevant
The family explained to him the chosen tutor should ideally also have familiarity of or enthusiasm in equestrian activities, skiing, artistic pursuits and instrumental training so as to shape the child in a wide range of hobbies.
Furthermore though, he said the family desired the tutor to register the child on a range of classes so the child would be "horseback riding and starting an tool by the time they are around three years old".
In the family's perspective, guiding their son grow into a "English gentleman" will result in achievement and open doors.
"For all the pros and cons of that, because it's undoubtedly a class statement," he adds.
Yet, in spite of all this guidance in "Britishness", would the child adopt what is termed cultural leaning from the international family he resides with anyway?
"Yes", said Adam. "The parents know this might not succeed, but they've simply adopted the attitude of, 'we should try and let's go as quickly as we can', because the price of it is irrelevant," he explained.
Overly Optimistic
There are some in the education sector who have similar concerns.
An education leader, head and founder of an educational organization, who also offer private tutors, wrote that "the process of adopting dual cultures, or indeed, discovering oneself, is something that must be lived into, not designed."
The expert explained that he had moved from the Far East to the UK at the age of childhood, and had been educated experiencing and embodying both cultures. He went on to study at Cambridge University.
"The concept that one individual can act as a embodiment of UK identity, someone who can possibly impart the attributes of a British gentleman to a one-year-old child, appears optimistic and impractical," he commented.
"From my perspective, engaging a quintessentially British tutor from infancy will not automatically achieve the goal they desire.
"I did not have that kind of mentor, and however I have been lucky enough to experience several of the situations they hope for their son."
He continued: "The truth is, cultural identity cannot be forced from the external environment; it must be embraced, and it must be internally driven."
Acquiring Englishness
Of course, English culture is something Adam believes can be instructed – and marketed.
"I think the fact that the international society regards us in this regard is something that we should be cherishing|valuing|appreciating
