"Parents based in the northern part of London wants to find an exceptional and qualified educator to support their youngest child on his first steps to becoming an British gentleman."
Upon seeing this listing, you might readily skip the phrase "initial stages" as simple figurative language.
However, it could be the crucial aspect of this unusual job advert, as it seeks to recruit a tutor for a 12-month-old.
Many of applications have since been sent in since the unidentified family posted their call for the highly paid tutor, who needs to be "a uniquely qualified person".
Over the last few weeks, the advert has received attention across the media, with several asking why?
Innovative Idea
A tutoring expert, head and founder of Tutors International, which is helping the family in their search, stated that despite early scepticism, he found the plan "far sighted", and "progressive".
When he consulted the family, he said they understood the unusual nature of their demand, and how early in age their son is.
However, they explained that they "were unwilling to delay any longer" to engage a tutor, as they had waited until their older child was five, and by that age "cultural influence had by then taken hold".
What exactly did the family indicate by "cultural leaning"?
It's "comprehensive", he answered. "The way you eat, the way you speak".
He explained the older sibling had adopted "really subtle, unspoken signals" from the family, and had assumed their cultural habits. The family told the consultant they hoped to prevent history to recur with their infant.
The plan: To hire a English tutor, who should speak with RP, to shape the baby from the very start.
Osmotic Learning
"Much of the learning at the outset here is kind of osmotic," said Adam.
It's through this natural absorption that the family are hoping the child will acquire the English characteristics they want to cultivate.
Adam said the tutor must be an individual who went to "the appropriate educational institutions – the same kinds of schools as the family aspire to send their son to".
"The instructor must be the suitable individual, they'll be performing things they aren't even aware they're doing, just naturally," he commented.
Expense Not a Factor
The family informed the expert the chosen tutor should ideally also have understanding of or enthusiasm in riding, winter sports, the arts and instrumental training so as to influence the child in a broad spectrum of hobbies.
Additionally though, he said the family wanted the tutor to register the child on a selection of classes so the child would be "pony-riding and learning an tool by the time they are approximately three years old".
In the family's perspective, guiding their son develop into a "British gentleman" will result in achievement and open doors.
"For all the pros and cons of that, because it's undoubtedly a class statement," he adds.
But, notwithstanding all this tutelage in "UK identity", would the child adopt what is termed cultural leaning from the multicultural family he resides with anyway?
"Certainly", said the CEO. "The family understand this could fail, but they've just taken the perspective of, 'let's give it a go and we'll proceed as early as we can', because the price of it is irrelevant," he stated.
Overly Optimistic
There are some in the private teaching field who express those reservations.
Another CEO, chief executive of an educational organization, who provides individual instructors, commented that "the development of embracing two identities, or indeed, discovering oneself, is something that must be experienced personally, not manufactured."
Peter noted that he had relocated from the Far East to the UK at the age of seven, and had been raised knowing and embodying dual heritages. He continued to learn at the University of Cambridge.
"The concept that an individual can function as a living vessel of UK identity, someone who can possibly transfer the attributes of a English gentleman onto a infant child, appears naive and impractical," he commented.
"From my perspective, having a distinctly British tutor from infancy will not automatically achieve the goal they hope for.
"I did not have that kind of mentor, and yet I have been privileged enough to enjoy numerous of the opportunities they aspire for their son."
He stated: "The fact is, self-identity should not be forced from the outside influences; it must be selected, and it must be internally driven."
Buying Britishness
Of course, UK identity is something the CEO hopes can be instructed – and marketed.
"I think the reality that the international society regards us in this regard is something that we should be cherishing|valuing|appreciating
