"Parents residing in north London is looking for an extraordinary and skilled instructor to guide their youngest child on his initial journey to becoming an British gentleman."
When reading this listing, you might readily miss the phrase "beginning" as mere figurative language.
Yet, it may be the crucial part of this unique employment listing, as it attempts to find a tutor for a one-year-old.
Hundreds of applications have now been received since the anonymous family advertised their search for the highly paid tutor, who has to be "an exceptional individual".
During the past few weeks, the post has received notice throughout the news, with several asking why?
Progressive Approach
The CEO, CEO and founder of Tutors International, which is assisting the family in their hunt, explained that notwithstanding initial scepticism, he viewed the concept "visionary", and "advanced".
When he consulted the family, he noted they recognized the atypical nature of their demand, and how immature their son is.
Nevertheless, they explained that they "preferred not to postpone any longer" to hire a tutor, as they had postponed until their older child was five, and by that stage "cultural bias had by then become established".
But what did the family mean by "cultural bias"?
It's "everything", Adam responded. "The manner you eat, the manner you speak".
He said the elder child had absorbed "really subtle, unspoken signals" from the family, and had assumed their cultural ways. The family explained to him they did not want history to repeat itself with their new baby.
The intention: To engage a English tutor, who should speak with standard English accent, to influence the baby from day one.
Osmotic Learning
"A lot of the learning at the start here is kind of absorbed naturally," explained the CEO.
It's through this natural absorption that the family are aiming the child will pick up the British traits they wish to cultivate.
The consultant said the tutor needed to be someone who studied at "the right kinds of schools – comparable categories of schools as the family plan to send their son to".
"The tutor must be the suitable individual, they'll be performing things they may not realize they're doing, just naturally," he commented.
Money No Object
The family informed Adam the successful candidate should preferably also have knowledge of or enthusiasm in horse riding, winter sports, the arts and musical activities so as to influence the child in a diverse set of hobbies.
Additionally though, he stated the family hoped the tutor to sign up the child on a selection of lessons so the child would be "equestrian training and starting an tool by the time they are around three years old".
In the family's perspective, helping their son develop into a "English gentleman" will result in accomplishment and create opportunities.
"Taking into account 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", could the child pick up so-called cultural leaning from the multicultural family he lives with in any case?
"Absolutely", said he. "The parents understand this may not work, but they've just taken the perspective of, 'why not attempt it and let's go as quickly as we can', because the expense of it is not relevant," he explained.
Impractical
A number of in the education sector who express similar concerns.
An education leader, CEO and founder of a tutoring service, who provides private tutors, wrote that "the journey of embracing two identities, or indeed, discovering oneself, is something that must be lived into, not designed."
Peter wrote that he had emigrated from the Far East to the UK at the period of childhood, and had been raised knowing and embodying both cultures. He continued to learn at the University of Cambridge.
"The concept that a single person can function as a embodiment of English culture, someone who can somehow impart the qualities of a English gentleman upon a 12-month-old child, appears optimistic and impractical," he wrote.
"In my experience, employing a quintessentially British tutor from infancy will does not necessarily create the goal they desire.
"I never had such a figure, and nevertheless I have been fortunate enough to live many of the opportunities they desire for their son."
He continued: "The truth is, cultural identity should not be imposed from the outside influences; it must be selected, and it must come from within."
Buying Britishness
Certainly, Britishness is something the expert hopes can be educated – and marketed.
"In my view the reality that the international society views us in this regard is something that we should be cherishing|valuing|appreciating
