"Parents located in north London seeks an remarkable and qualified instructor to support their youngest child on his first steps to growing into an English gentleman."
When reading this post, you might naturally miss the term "first-steps" as mere an expression.
Yet, it might be the most important part of this unique employment listing, as it attempts to find a teacher for a one-year-old.
Many of submissions have since been submitted since the unidentified family posted their call for the £180k-a-year tutor, who has to be "someone very special".
During the past few weeks, the listing has gained notice across the media, with several wondering why?
Forward-Thinking Method
The CEO, head and founder of Tutors International, which is supporting the family in their search, stated that notwithstanding early skepticism, he found the plan "forward-looking", and "progressive".
When he spoke with the family, he mentioned they recognized the unconventional aspect of their request, and how young their son is.
Nevertheless, they explained that they "preferred not to postpone any longer" to engage a tutor, as they had waited until their firstborn was five, and by that age "cultural influence had by then taken hold".
But what does the family refer to by "cultural leaning"?
It's "comprehensive", the expert answered. "The way you eat, how you speak".
He stated the elder child had adopted "extremely delicate, body language" from the family, and had assumed their cultural ways. The family told Adam they hoped to prevent the same situation to repeat itself with their infant.
The intention: To hire a UK tutor, who should speak with RP, to influence the baby from the very start.
Natural Absorption
"Much of the education at the start here is somewhat absorbed naturally," stated Adam.
It's via this subtle influence that the family are hoping the child will adopt the British traits they wish to instil.
Adam noted the tutor must be someone who attended "the right kinds of schools – similar types of schools as the family plan to send their son to".
"The instructor just has to be the appropriate candidate, they'll be performing things they aren't even aware they're doing, just naturally," he said.
Cost Not Relevant
The family told the expert the selected educator should preferably also have familiarity of or passion in riding, skiing, creative fields and music so as to influence the child in a broad spectrum of passions.
More than that though, he stated the family desired the tutor to enrol the child on a variety of classes so the child would be "equestrian training and starting an tool by the time they are about three years old".
In the family's minds, assisting their son become a "UK sophisticate" will lead to success and create opportunities.
"Taking into account the pros and cons of that, because it's definitely a social class indicator," he adds.
But, in spite of all this tutelage in "English culture", might the child pick up so-called cultural influence from the multicultural family he is raised by anyway?
"Yes", said the CEO. "The parents know this could fail, but they've simply adopted the view of, 'let's give it a go and we'll proceed as early as we can', because the cost of it is not a concern," he explained.
Impractical
A number of in the private teaching field who express those reservations.
An education leader, head and founder of an educational organization, who provides private tutors, commented that "the development of adopting dual cultures, or indeed, discovering oneself, is something that must be grown into, not designed."
The expert explained that he had moved from the Far East to the UK at the age of 7 years old, and had been brought up experiencing and practicing dual heritages. He continued to be educated at Cambridge University.
"The idea that a single person can act as a representation of UK identity, someone who can possibly transfer the characteristics of a British gentleman onto a 12-month-old child, appears idealistic and unrealistic," he commented.
"Based on my background, having a quintessentially English tutor from infancy will will not instantly achieve the goal they desire.
"I did not have such a tutor, and yet I have been lucky enough to experience numerous of the opportunities they hope for their son."
He stated: "The truth is, self-identity should not be dictated from the external environment; it must be embraced, and it must be internally driven."
Buying Britishness
Naturally, English culture is something the CEO thinks can be educated – and marketed.
"In my view the situation that the international society holds us in this light is something that we should be cherishing|valuing|appreciating
