"A family based in north London wants to find an remarkable and qualified educator to support their most junior child on his initial journey to becoming an British gentleman."
Looking at this post, you might readily overlook the phrase "beginning" as simple a turn of phrase.
However, it might be the crucial aspect of this unusual job advert, as it attempts to recruit a mentor for a one-year-old.
Numerous of submissions have already been sent in since the unidentified family posted their search for the £180,000 per year tutor, who needs to be "someone very special".
In recent few weeks, the advert has received attention across the press, with numerous wondering why?
Progressive Approach
Adam Caller, CEO and founder of an education consultancy, which is assisting the family in their quest, stated that notwithstanding first doubt, he viewed the idea "far sighted", and "innovative".
When he met the family, he said they recognized the atypical nature of their requirement, and how immature their son is.
However, they stated that they "were unwilling to delay any longer" to hire a tutor, as they had postponed until their firstborn was five, and by that point "cultural conditioning had already taken hold".
What exactly does the family mean by "cultural bias"?
It's "comprehensive", the expert responded. "The manner you eat, how you speak".
He stated the older sibling had adopted "extremely delicate, body language" from the family, and had taken on their cultural ways. The family informed Adam they hoped to prevent history to repeat itself with their younger child.
The plan: To hire a British tutor, who needs to speak with RP, to influence the baby from day one.
Natural Absorption
"Much of the education at the start here is somewhat osmotic," explained the expert.
It's through this osmosis that the family are expecting the child will adopt the English characteristics they aim to impart.
Adam explained the tutor had to be an individual who studied at "the right kinds of schools – similar types of schools as the family hope to send their son to".
"The tutor just has to be the right kind of person, they'll be doing things they don't even know they're doing, just naturally," he commented.
Money No Object
The family told the expert the chosen tutor should preferably also have understanding of or interest in horse riding, alpine skiing, creative fields and musical activities so as to influence the child in a broad spectrum of passions.
More than that though, he stated the family desired the tutor to sign up the child on a range of classes so the child would be "horseback riding and picking up an musical instrument by the time they are around three years old".
In the family's perspective, guiding their son become a "UK sophisticate" will result in achievement and create opportunities.
"Taking into account the pros and cons of that, because it's definitely a class statement," he comments.
But, in spite of all this guidance in "UK identity", might the child pick up so-called cultural bias from the international family he lives with anyway?
"Absolutely", answered Adam. "The family know this might not succeed, but they've just taken the perspective of, 'we should try and we'll proceed as early as we can', because the cost of it is not a concern," he explained.
Impractical
There are some in the education sector who share these doubts.
Another CEO, head and founder of Blue Education, who supplies individual instructors, stated that "the journey of adopting dual cultures, or indeed, becoming oneself, is something that must be experienced personally, not designed."
He explained that he had relocated from Asia to the UK at the time of seven, and had been educated understanding and embodying dual heritages. He went on to be educated at Cambridge University.
"The concept that a single person can serve as a embodiment of English culture, someone who can in some way transfer the characteristics of a English gentleman to a 12-month-old child, strikes me as optimistic and impractical," he wrote.
"Based on my background, having a distinctly British tutor from early childhood will not automatically create the result they want.
"I never had such a tutor, and however I have been lucky enough to live many of the experiences they hope for their son."
He added: "The fact is, personal identity can not be dictated from the external environment; it must be chosen, and it must be internally driven."
Buying Britishness
Naturally, English culture is something the expert believes can be instructed – and marketed.
"In my view the reality that the international society regards us in this respect is something that we should be cherishing|valuing|appreciating
