"Parents residing in the northern part of London wants to find an exceptional and skilled instructor to assist their youngest child on his first steps to becoming an British gentleman."
Looking at this listing, you might naturally miss the term "initial stages" as just an expression.
But, it might be the most significant aspect of this distinctive position posting, as it aims to recruit a mentor for a infant.
Many of applications have already been received since the unnamed family advertised their search for the £180k-a-year tutor, who must be "a uniquely qualified person".
In recent few weeks, the post has gained notice across the media, with several questioning why?
Innovative Idea
A tutoring expert, head and founder of a global tutoring firm, which is supporting the family in their quest, said that despite first doubt, he found the idea "far sighted", and "innovative".
When he consulted the family, he said they appreciated the unconventional nature of their requirement, and how young their son is.
However, they explained that they "were unwilling to delay any longer" to get a tutor, as they had postponed until their older child was five, and by that point "cultural bias had already taken hold".
What precisely did the family indicate by "cultural bias"?
It's "everything", Adam replied. "The way you eat, how you speak".
He explained the older sibling had absorbed "really subtle, body language" from the family, and had taken on their cultural norms. The family explained to Adam they did not want history to repeat itself with their younger child.
The intention: To bring in a English tutor, who needs to speak with standard English accent, to influence the baby right from the beginning.
Subtle Influence
"Much of the development at the start here is kind of absorbed naturally," said Adam.
It's via this natural absorption that the family are expecting the child will adopt the English characteristics they want to instil.
The consultant explained the tutor had to be an individual who attended "the right kinds of schools – similar types of schools as the family hope to send their son to".
"The educator must be the suitable individual, they'll be performing things they aren't even aware they're doing, effortlessly," he commented.
Money No Object
The family explained to the expert the selected educator should preferably also have familiarity of or interest in riding, winter sports, creative fields and musical activities so as to inspire the child in a broad spectrum of hobbies.
More than that though, he said the family wanted the tutor to register the child on a variety of courses so the child would be "equestrian training and picking up an musical instrument by the time they are about three years old".
In the family's view, guiding their son become a "UK sophisticate" will bring about success and open doors.
"Taking into account the advantages and disadvantages of that, because it's certainly a social class indicator," he comments.
However, in spite of all this instruction in "UK identity", would the child adopt alleged cultural bias from the international family he lives with regardless?
"Absolutely", replied he. "The parents know this might not succeed, but they've simply adopted the attitude of, 'why not attempt it and we should start as soon as we can', because the price of it is irrelevant," he explained.
Impractical
A number of in the private teaching field who express similar concerns.
Peter Cui, head and founder of Blue Education, who also offer individual instructors, commented that "the development of becoming bicultural, or indeed, becoming oneself, is something that must be experienced personally, not engineered."
The expert explained that he had emigrated from Asia to the United Kingdom at the age of 7 years old, and had been raised experiencing and embodying dual heritages. He continued to learn at the University of Cambridge.
"The notion that one individual can function as a embodiment of English culture, an individual who can somehow impart the qualities of a English gentleman onto a infant child, appears naive and unrealistic," he commented.
"In my experience, employing a typically English tutor from early childhood will not necessarily produce the outcome they desire.
"I did not have such a tutor, and nevertheless I have been privileged enough to experience several of the situations they desire for their son."
He added: "The fact is, self-identity can not be forced from the outside influences; it must be selected, and it must originate internally."
Buying Britishness
Of course, UK identity is something the CEO believes can be educated – and commercialized.
"I believe the fact that the global community holds us in this light is something that we should be cherishing|valuing|appreciating
