"A family located in north London wants to find an exceptional and skilled instructor to guide their smallest child on his early path to growing into an English gentleman."
Upon seeing this post, you might easily skip the wording "beginning" as simple figurative language.
But, it could be the most significant aspect of this unique employment listing, as it seeks to find a teacher for a one-year-old.
Many of applications have already been sent in since the unidentified family posted their search for the £180,000 per year tutor, who needs to be "an exceptional individual".
In recent few weeks, the advert has received notice throughout the press, with numerous asking why?
Progressive Approach
Adam Caller, CEO and founder of Tutors International, which is assisting the family in their search, stated that in spite of early doubt, he viewed the idea "visionary", and "innovative".
When he spoke with the family, he noted they appreciated the unconventional character of their demand, and how young their son is.
However, they stated that they "didn't want to wait any longer" to engage a tutor, as they had held off until their firstborn was five, and by that stage "cultural influence had already taken hold".
What exactly does the family refer to by "cultural leaning"?
It's "all-encompassing", Adam replied. "How 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 explained to the consultant they did not want the same situation to happen again with their younger child.
The plan: To bring in a British tutor, who must speak with Received Pronunciation, to shape the baby right from the beginning.
Subtle Influence
"Much of the education at the outset here is rather osmotic," said the CEO.
It's through this subtle influence that the family are aiming the child will adopt the English characteristics they aim to instil.
Adam noted the tutor had to be someone who went to "the right kinds of schools – comparable categories of schools as the family hope to send their son to".
"The instructor simply needs to be the appropriate candidate, they'll be carrying out things they aren't even aware they're doing, just naturally," he added.
Expense Not a Factor
The family informed the expert the chosen tutor should ideally also have familiarity of or enthusiasm in equestrian activities, alpine skiing, artistic pursuits and musical activities so as to inspire the child in a diverse set of passions.
Additionally though, he said the family desired the tutor to register the child on a variety of classes so the child would be "pony-riding and starting an instrument by the time they are around three years old".
In the family's perspective, guiding their son become a "British gentleman" will bring about success and provide access.
"Taking into account the rights and wrongs of that, because it's undoubtedly a social class indicator," he adds.
But, notwithstanding all this instruction in "UK identity", might the child pick up what is termed cultural influence from the globally influenced family he is raised by regardless?
"Absolutely", answered he. "The family know this might not succeed, but they've merely embraced the perspective of, 'we should try and we'll proceed as quickly as we can', because the cost of it is not a concern," he said.
Impractical
Several in the education sector who express similar reservations.
An education leader, CEO and founder of Blue Education, who provides personal educators, stated that "the process of becoming bicultural, or indeed, forming one's identity, is something that must be experienced personally, not engineered."
He noted that he had moved from Asia to the Britain at the age of childhood, and had been educated knowing and embodying two backgrounds. He progressed to study at Cambridge University.
"The notion that one individual can function as a embodiment of English culture, someone who can possibly impart the characteristics of a English gentleman upon a one-year-old child, appears idealistic and unfeasible," he commented.
"Based on my background, employing a quintessentially British tutor from babyhood will does not instantly produce the goal they desire.
"I never had such a tutor, and nevertheless I have been fortunate enough to experience numerous of the situations they hope for their son."
He continued: "The truth is, personal identity can not be dictated from the outside influences; it must be embraced, and it must be internally driven."
Acquiring Englishness
Of course, English culture is something the expert believes can be taught – and marketed.
"I believe the situation that the international society views us in this regard is something that we should be cherishing|valuing|appreciating
