"Parents based in north London seeks an extraordinary and qualified instructor to support their most junior child on his early path to becoming an English gentleman."
Looking at this listing, you might naturally miss the term "initial stages" as just a turn of phrase.
But, it could be the crucial aspect of this distinctive employment listing, as it aims to find a teacher for a infant.
Numerous of submissions have already been received since the unnamed family advertised their call for the £180,000 per year tutor, who must be "an exceptional individual".
Over the last few weeks, the post has attracted interest across the media, with many wondering why?
Forward-Thinking Method
A tutoring expert, chief executive of Tutors International, which is supporting the family in their quest, said that notwithstanding early doubt, he found the plan "forward-looking", and "advanced".
When he spoke with the family, he mentioned they appreciated the atypical character of their requirement, and how early in age their son is.
Nevertheless, they stated that they "preferred not to postpone any longer" to get a tutor, as they had held off until their older child was five, and by that point "cultural bias had by then become established".
What precisely does the family indicate by "cultural predisposition"?
It's "comprehensive", he answered. "The way you eat, the manner you speak".
He stated the older sibling had absorbed "very nuanced, non-verbal cues" from the family, and had taken on their cultural norms. The family told the consultant they wished to avoid this pattern to repeat itself with their new baby.
The intention: To hire a British tutor, who needs to speak with standard English accent, to guide the baby from the very start.
Osmotic Learning
"Much of the education at the outset here is somewhat acquired indirectly," stated the expert.
It's via this osmosis that the family are aiming the child will adopt the English characteristics they wish to instil.
He explained the tutor must be an individual who attended "prestigious academies – comparable categories of schools as the family hope to send their son to".
"The instructor must be the right kind of person, they'll be doing things they don't even know they're doing, just naturally," he commented.
Expense Not a Factor
The family informed him the selected educator should ideally also have understanding of or passion in horse riding, winter sports, the arts and musical activities so as to inspire the child in a wide range of hobbies.
Additionally though, he stated the family wanted the tutor to sign up the child on a range of classes so the child would be "equestrian training and learning an musical instrument by the time they are approximately three years old".
In the family's minds, assisting their son develop into a "English gentleman" will lead to accomplishment and open doors.
"For all the pros and cons of that, because it's definitely a social class indicator," he adds.
Yet, notwithstanding all this tutelage in "Britishness", might the child pick up so-called cultural influence from the international family he is raised by regardless?
"Yes", said Adam. "The parents realize this might not succeed, but they've just taken the attitude of, 'we should try and let's go as early as we can', because the cost of it is not relevant," he stated.
Impractical
There are some in the education sector who have those reservations.
Peter Cui, chief executive of a tutoring service, who also offer individual instructors, stated that "the journey of embracing two identities, or indeed, discovering oneself, is something that must be experienced personally, not manufactured."
He wrote that he had relocated from China to the UK at the time of childhood, and had been raised knowing and practicing both cultures. He went on to learn at the University of Cambridge.
"The idea that one individual can serve as a representation of Britishness, an individual who can in some way transfer the characteristics of a English gentleman upon a 12-month-old child, appears idealistic and impractical," he stated.
"From my perspective, engaging a quintessentially British tutor from infancy will not automatically achieve the result they want.
"I never had such a tutor, and yet I have been lucky enough to live many of the situations they aspire for their son."
He continued: "The reality is, self-identity can not be dictated from the outside; it must be embraced, and it must come from within."
Buying Britishness
Certainly, English culture is something the CEO hopes can be instructed – and marketed.
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