"A family located in the northern part of London wants to find an extraordinary and experienced instructor to support their most junior child on his early path to growing into an English gentleman."
Upon seeing this post, you might readily miss the phrase "initial stages" as simple figurative language.
But, it may be the most significant aspect of this unique position posting, as it attempts to hire a teacher for a 12-month-old.
Hundreds of applications have already been sent in since the unnamed family posted their request for the highly paid tutor, who has to be "a uniquely qualified person".
During the past few weeks, the listing has gained interest across the media, with several asking why?
Progressive Approach
The CEO, head and founder of a global tutoring firm, which is supporting the family in their search, explained that despite early doubt, he viewed the concept "forward-looking", and "innovative".
When he consulted the family, he noted they appreciated the unconventional character of their request, and how young their son is.
But, they stated that they "didn't want to wait any longer" to engage a tutor, as they had waited until their firstborn was five, and by that point "cultural bias had already become established".
What precisely does the family indicate by "cultural leaning"?
It's "everything", the expert answered. "The manner you eat, the way you speak".
He stated the firstborn had absorbed "very nuanced, body language" from the family, and had assumed their cultural norms. The family told him they wished to avoid the same situation to repeat itself with their new baby.
The intention: To bring in a English tutor, who should speak with RP, to guide the baby from the very start.
Natural Absorption
"Much of the development at the outset here is somewhat osmotic," explained the CEO.
It's through this osmosis that the family are aiming the child will adopt the English characteristics they want to impart.
Adam noted the tutor had to be somebody who attended "the right kinds of schools – similar types of schools as the family plan to send their son to".
"The educator just has to be the suitable individual, they'll be performing things they don't even know they're doing, just naturally," he added.
Money No Object
The family explained to the expert the successful candidate should ideally also have knowledge of or interest in riding, skiing, creative fields and instrumental training so as to shape the child in a wide range of passions.
Furthermore though, he stated the family desired the tutor to enrol the child on a selection of classes so the child would be "horseback riding and learning an tool by the time they are approximately three years old".
In the family's view, helping their son develop into a "UK sophisticate" will result in accomplishment and open doors.
"Taking into account the pros and cons of that, because it's undoubtedly a social class indicator," he comments.
Yet, notwithstanding all this tutelage in "English culture", might the child adopt alleged cultural leaning from the globally influenced family he lives with regardless?
"Absolutely", answered the CEO. "They know this could fail, but they've simply adopted the attitude of, 'we should try and let's go as soon as we can', because the price of it is not relevant," he said.
Overly Optimistic
There are some in the tutoring industry who share those concerns.
Another CEO, chief executive of a tutoring service, who provides personal educators, stated that "the process of embracing two identities, or actually, discovering oneself, is something that must be grown into, not manufactured."
He noted that he had relocated from the Far East to the Britain at the time of childhood, and had been educated knowing and practicing dual heritages. He went on to study at a prestigious UK institution.
"The notion that a single person can function as a living vessel of Britishness, a person who can somehow transplant the characteristics of a British gentleman upon a one-year-old child, strikes me as naive and impractical," he stated.
"From my perspective, employing a typically UK tutor from babyhood will not necessarily achieve the goal they want.
"I did not have that kind of mentor, and nevertheless I have been fortunate enough to experience several of the situations they hope for their son."
He stated: "The fact is, cultural identity should not be forced from the outside influences; it must be chosen, and it must come from within."
Acquiring Englishness
Certainly, English culture is something the expert thinks can be taught – and commercialized.
"I think the fact that the international society holds us in this light is something that we should be cherishing|valuing|appreciating
