"Parents located in the northern part of London is looking for an remarkable and experienced educator to guide their youngest child on his early path to turning into an British gentleman."
Upon seeing this listing, you might naturally miss the wording "initial stages" as just an expression.
However, it might be the most important element of this unusual job advert, as it attempts to hire a teacher for a infant.
Many of submissions have already been sent in since the unnamed family advertised their search for the highly paid tutor, who has to be "someone very special".
Over the last few weeks, the listing has gained interest in the news, with numerous questioning why?
Forward-Thinking Method
The CEO, head and founder of Tutors International, which is helping the family in their hunt, explained that in spite of first doubt, he found the concept "visionary", and "advanced".
When he met the family, he mentioned they recognized the unconventional aspect of their request, and how young their son is.
But, they explained that they "were unwilling to delay any longer" to engage a tutor, as they had postponed until their firstborn was five, and by that age "cultural conditioning had already become established".
What exactly does the family refer to by "cultural predisposition"?
It's "all-encompassing", the expert replied. "How you eat, how you speak".
He explained the firstborn had absorbed "really subtle, non-verbal cues" from the family, and had adopted their cultural ways. The family informed the consultant they did not want the same situation to happen again with their younger child.
The plan: To hire a English tutor, who should speak with standard English accent, to guide the baby from the very start.
Natural Absorption
"A great deal of the education at the beginning here is kind of acquired indirectly," stated the CEO.
It's by means of this subtle influence that the family are hoping the child will acquire the English characteristics they want to instil.
He explained the tutor had to be an individual who attended "the appropriate educational institutions – the same kinds of schools as the family hope to send their son to".
"The instructor must be the appropriate candidate, they'll be performing things they aren't even aware they're doing, simply by nature," he added.
Money No Object
The family explained to him the successful candidate should preferably also have understanding of or passion in horse riding, winter sports, creative fields and musical activities so as to shape the child in a diverse set of interests.
Additionally though, he explained the family hoped the tutor to register the child on a range of classes so the child would be "pony-riding and starting an tool by the time they are approximately three years old".
In the family's view, helping their son grow into a "English gentleman" will result in achievement and create opportunities.
"Considering the rights and wrongs of that, because it's definitely a class statement," he comments.
But, notwithstanding all this tutelage in "English culture", might the child absorb what is termed cultural bias from the multicultural family he resides with regardless?
"Yes", said the CEO. "They realize this might not succeed, but they've merely embraced the view of, 'we should try and we'll proceed as early as we can', because the price of it is not a concern," he explained.
Overly Optimistic
There are some in the education sector who share similar doubts.
An education leader, head and founder of Blue Education, who supplies individual instructors, commented that "the development of embracing two identities, or indeed, forming one's identity, is something that must be grown into, not manufactured."
He noted that he had moved from China to the UK at the period of 7 years old, and had been raised knowing and embodying two backgrounds. He went on to be educated at a prestigious UK institution.
"The notion that a single person can serve as a representation of Britishness, someone who can somehow impart the attributes of a English gentleman upon a one-year-old child, seems to me optimistic and unfeasible," he commented.
"In my experience, engaging a typically UK tutor from early childhood will does not automatically create the result they desire.
"I did not have such a tutor, and yet I have been fortunate enough to experience numerous of the situations they aspire for their son."
He continued: "The reality is, personal identity cannot be forced from the outside; it must be chosen, and it must be internally driven."
Buying Britishness
Certainly, Britishness is something the CEO believes can be educated – and commercialized.
"I believe the fact that the world holds us in this regard is something that we should be cherishing|valuing|appreciating
