"Parents based in north London wants to find an extraordinary and qualified educator to assist their smallest child on his first steps to growing into an British gentleman."
Upon seeing this listing, you might easily skip the wording "initial stages" as just a turn of phrase.
But, it may be the crucial element of this unusual employment listing, as it aims to hire a tutor for a infant.
Many of submissions have already been sent in since the unidentified family posted their request for the £180,000 per year tutor, who must be "someone very special".
In recent few weeks, the advert has attracted attention throughout the news, with numerous wondering why?
Forward-Thinking Method
Adam Caller, head and founder of an education consultancy, which is supporting the family in their hunt, stated that despite early doubt, he considered the idea "forward-looking", and "progressive".
When he met the family, he noted they appreciated the unconventional nature of their requirement, and how early in age their son is.
Nevertheless, they stated that they "didn't want to wait any longer" to hire a tutor, as they had held off until their older child was five, and by that point "cultural bias had already taken hold".
What exactly does the family indicate by "cultural bias"?
It's "all-encompassing", the expert replied. "How you eat, the way you speak".
He explained the elder child had picked up "extremely delicate, non-verbal cues" from the family, and had adopted their cultural norms. The family told the consultant they did not want history to happen again with their younger child.
The intention: To engage a British tutor, who needs to speak with RP, to guide the baby from the very start.
Subtle Influence
"Much of the development at the beginning here is rather acquired indirectly," stated the expert.
It's through this osmosis that the family are hoping the child will adopt the British traits they want to instil.
He explained the tutor must be someone who studied at "prestigious academies – the same kinds of schools as the family plan to send their son to".
"The instructor just has to be the suitable individual, they'll be doing things they don't even know they're doing, just naturally," he commented.
Expense Not a Factor
The family told him the chosen tutor should ideally also have familiarity of or passion in equestrian activities, alpine skiing, creative fields and musical activities so as to influence the child in a wide range of passions.
Furthermore though, he explained the family hoped the tutor to sign up the child on a selection of courses so the child would be "pony-riding and starting an tool by the time they are approximately three years old".
In the family's minds, helping their son grow into a "UK sophisticate" will bring about success and open doors.
"For all the rights and wrongs of that, because it's definitely a social class indicator," he notes.
Yet, in spite of all this instruction in "English culture", could the child absorb what is termed cultural leaning from the international family he lives with regardless?
"Yes", answered the CEO. "They realize this may not work, but they've simply adopted the attitude of, 'let's give it a go and let's go as early as we can', because the cost of it is irrelevant," he explained.
Overly Optimistic
A number of in the tutoring industry who have these doubts.
Another CEO, head and founder of an educational organization, who provides individual instructors, commented that "the process of becoming bicultural, or in fact, discovering oneself, is something that must be grown into, not designed."
Peter explained that he had relocated from the Far East to the Britain at the age of 7 years old, and had been brought up knowing and practicing both cultures. He continued to study at the University of Cambridge.
"The idea that a single person can function as a living vessel of Britishness, someone who can somehow transplant the characteristics of a British gentleman onto a infant child, appears idealistic and impractical," he stated.
"In my experience, engaging a distinctly English tutor from babyhood will not automatically create the outcome they hope for.
"I did not have such a tutor, and yet I have been privileged enough to enjoy numerous of the experiences they desire for their son."
He added: "The reality is, personal identity can not be forced from the outside influences; it must be embraced, and it must come from within."
Buying Britishness
Of course, Britishness is something the expert hopes can be educated – and sold.
"I believe the fact that the global community holds us in this regard is something that we should be cherishing|valuing|appreciating
