"A family residing in North London is looking for an exceptional and experienced instructor to assist their most junior child on his early path to growing into an British gentleman."
Upon seeing this listing, you might easily skip the phrase "initial stages" as mere an expression.
Yet, it may be the crucial aspect of this unusual job advert, as it attempts to recruit a mentor for a 12-month-old.
Hundreds of applications have since been sent in since the anonymous family posted their request for the £180,000 per year tutor, who must be "a uniquely qualified person".
In recent few weeks, the listing has received interest in the news, with several wondering why?
Forward-Thinking Method
Adam Caller, CEO and founder of Tutors International, which is helping the family in their hunt, stated that despite first doubt, he found the idea "forward-looking", and "progressive".
When he spoke with the family, he noted they appreciated the atypical nature of their request, and how young their son is.
Nevertheless, they explained that they "preferred not to postpone any longer" to engage a tutor, as they had waited until their elder sibling was five, and by that point "cultural bias had already set in".
But what does the family mean by "cultural predisposition"?
It's "comprehensive", Adam answered. "The way you eat, how you speak".
He said the firstborn had picked up "really subtle, unspoken signals" from the family, and had adopted their cultural norms. The family explained to the consultant they did not want the same situation to repeat itself with their infant.
The strategy: To hire a British tutor, who must speak with RP, to influence the baby right from the beginning.
Osmotic Learning
"A lot of the development at the start here is somewhat absorbed naturally," explained Adam.
It's via this natural absorption that the family are aiming the child will adopt the UK customs they wish to impart.
Adam explained the tutor must be an individual who attended "the appropriate educational institutions – the same kinds of schools as the family plan to send their son to".
"The educator just has to be the right kind of person, they'll be carrying out things they don't even know they're doing, just naturally," he added.
Money No Object
The family told Adam the successful candidate should ideally also have familiarity of or enthusiasm in horse riding, winter sports, the arts and instrumental training so as to shape the child in a wide range of interests.
Additionally though, he explained the family hoped the tutor to enrol the child on a selection of lessons so the child would be "pony-riding and learning an tool by the time they are around three years old".
In the family's view, helping their son grow into a "British gentleman" will bring about accomplishment and open doors.
"Considering the rights and wrongs of that, because it's undoubtedly a class statement," he adds.
However, despite all this tutelage in "UK identity", could the child pick up alleged cultural influence from the multicultural family he is raised by anyway?
"Yes", said Adam. "The family know this might not succeed, but they've merely embraced the attitude of, 'why not attempt it and we'll proceed as early as we can', because the expense of it is not a concern," he stated.
Impractical
Several in the tutoring industry who have similar doubts.
Another CEO, CEO and founder of a tutoring service, who supplies individual instructors, wrote that "the development of embracing two identities, or actually, forming one's identity, is something that must be lived into, not designed."
Peter explained that he had moved from Asia to the UK at the period of seven, and had been educated understanding and embodying both cultures. He continued to learn at the University of Cambridge.
"The notion that an individual can function as a embodiment of English culture, someone who can in some way transfer the qualities of a English gentleman onto a 12-month-old child, appears optimistic and impractical," he stated.
"Based on my background, having a distinctly UK tutor from infancy will will not necessarily achieve the outcome they want.
"I did not have that kind of mentor, and nevertheless I have been lucky enough to enjoy several of the opportunities they aspire for their son."
He added: "The fact is, personal identity can not be dictated from the outside influences; it must be chosen, and it must come from within."
Acquiring Englishness
Of course, English culture is something the expert hopes can be taught – and commercialized.
"I think the fact that the international society holds us in this light is something that we should be cherishing|valuing|appreciating
