"A family based in north London wants to find an remarkable and qualified tutor to guide their youngest child on his initial journey to turning into an British gentleman."
Upon seeing this post, you might easily overlook the wording "beginning" as simple figurative language.
But, it may be the most important element of this unusual job advert, as it aims to find a teacher for a 12-month-old.
Many of responses have now been sent in since the anonymous family published their call for the £180k-a-year tutor, who has to be "an exceptional individual".
Over the last few weeks, the post has received notice throughout the news, with numerous asking why?
Innovative Idea
The CEO, head and founder of Tutors International, which is helping the family in their hunt, said that notwithstanding initial scepticism, he considered the idea "forward-looking", and "progressive".
When he consulted the family, he mentioned they appreciated the atypical nature of their request, and how early in age their son is.
However, they stated that they "didn't want to wait any longer" to get a tutor, as they had postponed until their firstborn was five, and by that stage "cultural bias had by then become established".
But what did the family indicate by "cultural predisposition"?
It's "everything", he answered. "The manner you eat, the manner you speak".
He explained the elder child had adopted "really subtle, unspoken signals" from the family, and had taken on their cultural norms. The family explained to him they did not want this pattern to repeat itself with their younger child.
The strategy: To hire a British tutor, who needs to speak with standard English accent, to shape the baby right from the beginning.
Natural Absorption
"A lot of the development at the beginning here is kind of absorbed naturally," stated the expert.
It's through this natural absorption that the family are hoping the child will pick up the UK customs they want to instil.
Adam explained the tutor had to be an individual who attended "the right kinds of schools – similar types of schools as the family plan to send their son to".
"The educator must be the appropriate candidate, they'll be carrying out things they don't even know they're doing, effortlessly," he added.
Cost Not Relevant
The family told Adam the chosen tutor should preferably also have understanding of or enthusiasm in riding, winter sports, creative fields and instrumental training so as to shape the child in a wide range of passions.
Additionally though, he said the family hoped the tutor to register the child on a variety of lessons so the child would be "pony-riding and picking up an instrument by the time they are approximately three years old".
In the family's perspective, guiding their son become a "British gentleman" will result in success and create opportunities.
"Taking into account the rights and wrongs of that, because it's undoubtedly a status symbol," he comments.
However, in spite of all this tutelage in "UK identity", might the child absorb so-called cultural influence from the multicultural family he resides with regardless?
"Yes", replied he. "They understand this may not work, but they've simply adopted the attitude of, 'we should try and we should start as quickly as we can', because the price of it is not a concern," he explained.
Overly Optimistic
There are some in the private teaching field who share these doubts.
Another CEO, chief executive of an educational organization, who also offer individual instructors, commented that "the process of embracing two identities, or actually, becoming oneself, is something that must be lived into, not designed."
Peter noted that he had relocated from Asia to the Britain at the time of 7 years old, and had been educated experiencing and living dual heritages. He progressed to be educated at Cambridge University.
"The notion that a single person can act as a representation of English culture, a person who can somehow transplant the characteristics of a English gentleman onto a 12-month-old child, strikes me as optimistic and impractical," he stated.
"Based on my background, employing a typically British tutor from early childhood will will not instantly create the goal they want.
"I wasn't provided with that kind of mentor, and nevertheless I have been privileged enough to experience numerous of the opportunities they hope for their son."
He added: "The truth is, cultural identity should not be dictated from the outside influences; it must be embraced, and it must originate internally."
Acquiring Englishness
Of course, English culture is something Adam hopes can be taught – and marketed.
"I think the fact that the international society regards us in this regard is something that we should be cherishing|valuing|appreciating
