"A family located in the northern part of London wants to find an exceptional and qualified tutor to assist their most junior child on his first steps to turning into an British gentleman."
Upon seeing this advertisement, you might easily overlook the phrase "beginning" as just a turn of phrase.
However, it may be the crucial aspect of this distinctive job advert, as it seeks to hire a teacher for a one-year-old.
Many of applications have since been sent in since the unidentified family advertised their call for the highly paid tutor, who must be "an exceptional individual".
During the past few weeks, the post has gained interest across the media, with many questioning why?
Progressive Approach
The CEO, chief executive of an education consultancy, which is helping the family in their hunt, stated that notwithstanding initial scepticism, he considered the idea "visionary", and "advanced".
When he met the family, he mentioned they understood the atypical aspect of their request, and how young their son is.
But, they stated that they "preferred not to postpone any longer" to get a tutor, as they had held off until their firstborn was five, and by that point "cultural influence had already taken hold".
What exactly does the family indicate by "cultural leaning"?
It's "all-encompassing", Adam answered. "The manner you eat, the way you speak".
He explained the elder child had absorbed "really subtle, body language" from the family, and had adopted their cultural ways. The family explained to the consultant they hoped to prevent history to happen again with their younger child.
The plan: To bring in a British tutor, who must speak with RP, to shape the baby from the very start.
Osmotic Learning
"A lot of the development at the outset here is somewhat absorbed naturally," said Adam.
It's via this natural absorption that the family are hoping the child will acquire the British traits they want to impart.
The consultant said the tutor had to be someone who studied at "the appropriate educational institutions – comparable categories of schools as the family aspire to send their son to".
"The educator must be the right kind of person, they'll be performing things they may not realize they're doing, just naturally," he added.
Cost Not Relevant
The family told the expert the selected educator should ideally also have familiarity of or enthusiasm in horse riding, skiing, creative fields and music so as to shape the child in a diverse set of hobbies.
Furthermore though, he explained the family desired the tutor to register the child on a variety of classes so the child would be "pony-riding and learning an musical instrument by the time they are around three years old".
In the family's view, guiding their son become a "English gentleman" will result in achievement and open doors.
"For all the advantages and disadvantages of that, because it's definitely a social class indicator," he comments.
Yet, notwithstanding all this tutelage in "UK identity", would the child pick up what is termed cultural leaning from the globally influenced family he is raised by anyway?
"Certainly", said the CEO. "The family know this could fail, but they've simply adopted the view of, 'why not attempt it and we'll proceed as soon as we can', because the cost of it is not a concern," he explained.
Impractical
A number of in the tutoring industry who share similar concerns.
An education leader, chief executive of an educational organization, who provides private tutors, wrote that "the journey of adopting dual cultures, or actually, forming one's identity, is something that must be lived into, not designed."
The expert noted that he had moved from China to the United Kingdom at the period of childhood, and had been brought up knowing and practicing dual heritages. He continued to learn at the University of Cambridge.
"The concept that a single person can function as a living vessel of Britishness, an individual who can possibly impart the attributes of a English gentleman onto a one-year-old child, seems to me idealistic and unfeasible," he wrote.
"In my experience, employing a typically UK tutor from early childhood will does not automatically create the result they desire.
"I wasn't provided with such a figure, and yet I have been privileged enough to live several of the experiences they desire for their son."
He stated: "The reality is, cultural identity can not be imposed from the external environment; it must be embraced, and it must originate internally."
Buying Britishness
Certainly, Britishness is something the CEO believes can be instructed – and sold.
"I think the situation that the global community views us in this regard is something that we should be cherishing|valuing|appreciating
