"A family located in north London is looking for an extraordinary and skilled instructor to assist their youngest child on his initial journey to turning into an English gentleman."
Looking at this listing, you might easily skip the phrase "initial stages" as just an expression.
But, it may be the most important element of this unique employment listing, as it attempts to find a tutor for a infant.
Many of responses have already been sent in since the anonymous family published their call for the £180,000 per year tutor, who has to be "an exceptional individual".
Over the last few weeks, the advert has attracted interest in the media, with numerous questioning why?
Innovative Idea
Adam Caller, chief executive of a global tutoring firm, which is supporting the family in their quest, stated that despite first doubt, he found the idea "far sighted", and "innovative".
When he consulted the family, he said they appreciated the unusual aspect of their request, and how immature their son is.
However, they clarified that they "preferred not to postpone any longer" to hire a tutor, as they had waited until their elder sibling was five, and by that stage "cultural influence had already taken hold".
But what does the family refer to by "cultural leaning"?
It's "everything", the expert answered. "The manner you eat, how you speak".
He said the older sibling had picked up "really subtle, body language" from the family, and had taken on their cultural norms. The family explained to the consultant they wished to avoid the same situation to repeat itself with their infant.
The strategy: To hire a English tutor, who should speak with RP, to influence the baby right from the beginning.
Natural Absorption
"A great deal of the education at the beginning here is rather absorbed naturally," stated the CEO.
It's by means of this natural absorption that the family are aiming the child will acquire the UK customs they want to impart.
Adam explained the tutor must be someone who studied at "the right kinds of schools – similar types of schools as the family aspire to send their son to".
"The instructor simply needs to be the suitable individual, they'll be doing things they don't even know they're doing, simply by nature," he added.
Money No Object
The family explained to Adam the selected educator should preferably also have familiarity of or interest in riding, alpine skiing, artistic pursuits and music so as to influence the child in a wide range of hobbies.
More than that though, he explained the family desired the tutor to enrol the child on a selection of courses so the child would be "horseback riding and starting an musical instrument by the time they are around three years old".
In the family's perspective, helping their son grow into a "British gentleman" will bring about achievement and provide access.
"Considering the pros and cons of that, because it's certainly a class statement," he comments.
Yet, notwithstanding all this guidance in "English culture", might the child absorb so-called cultural bias from the globally influenced family he resides with in any case?
"Certainly", said he. "The parents realize this might not succeed, but they've merely embraced the view of, 'why not attempt it and let's go as early as we can', because the cost of it is irrelevant," he said.
Overly Optimistic
A number of in the tutoring industry who express similar concerns.
Another CEO, head and founder of a tutoring service, who also offer individual instructors, commented that "the development of becoming bicultural, or in fact, forming one's identity, is something that must be lived into, not engineered."
He noted that he had moved from Asia to the United Kingdom at the period of childhood, and had been raised experiencing and embodying two backgrounds. He progressed to study at Cambridge University.
"The concept that an individual can function as a embodiment of Britishness, an individual who can somehow transplant the qualities of a British gentleman upon a 12-month-old child, seems to me idealistic and unrealistic," he wrote.
"Based on my background, having a typically UK tutor from early childhood will does not necessarily create the goal they desire.
"I did not have that kind of mentor, and however I have been lucky enough to experience many of the situations they aspire for their son."
He added: "The reality is, cultural identity cannot be imposed from the outside influences; it must be embraced, and it must originate internally."
Buying Britishness
Of course, Britishness is something the CEO believes can be taught – and marketed.
"In my view the reality that the world holds us in this light is something that we should be cherishing|valuing|appreciating
