"A household located in the northern part of London wants to find an exceptional and qualified instructor to support their most junior child on his initial journey to becoming an British gentleman."
Looking at this advertisement, you might easily miss the wording "initial stages" as just a turn of phrase.
Yet, it could be the most important aspect of this unusual job advert, as it seeks to find a mentor for a 12-month-old.
Many of responses have since been received since the unnamed family posted their search for the highly paid tutor, who needs to be "someone very special".
Over the last few weeks, the advert has gained interest throughout the press, with many wondering why?
Progressive Approach
The CEO, head and founder of an education consultancy, which is assisting the family in their search, explained that notwithstanding early skepticism, he considered the concept "far sighted", and "innovative".
When he consulted the family, he noted they recognized the unusual aspect of their request, and how immature their son is.
But, they stated that they "were unwilling to delay any longer" to hire a tutor, as they had postponed until their older child was five, and by that stage "cultural influence had already taken hold".
But what did the family indicate by "cultural leaning"?
It's "everything", he responded. "The way you eat, the manner you speak".
He explained the firstborn had absorbed "really subtle, body language" from the family, and had adopted their cultural norms. The family told him they hoped to prevent history to recur with their younger child.
The strategy: To engage a UK tutor, who needs to speak with standard English accent, to influence the baby from the very start.
Subtle Influence
"Much of the education at the start here is rather absorbed naturally," stated Adam.
It's via this subtle influence that the family are expecting the child will pick up the UK customs they aim to instil.
He said the tutor had to be somebody who went to "prestigious academies – comparable categories of schools as the family aspire to send their son to".
"The educator simply needs to be the suitable individual, they'll be carrying out things they don't even know they're doing, simply by nature," he added.
Cost Not Relevant
The family told Adam the successful candidate should ideally also have knowledge of or enthusiasm in horse riding, alpine skiing, the arts and musical activities so as to inspire the child in a diverse set of interests.
Furthermore though, he stated the family hoped the tutor to enrol the child on a range of classes so the child would be "horseback riding and learning an tool by the time they are approximately three years old".
In the family's view, assisting their son develop into a "UK sophisticate" will result in success and open doors.
"Taking into account the rights and wrongs of that, because it's undoubtedly a social class indicator," he adds.
Yet, despite all this tutelage in "Britishness", would the child absorb alleged cultural leaning from the globally influenced family he is raised by anyway?
"Yes", answered Adam. "The family know this could fail, but they've merely embraced the attitude of, 'let's give it a go and we'll proceed as early as we can', because the price of it is not a concern," he explained.
Overly Optimistic
Several in the tutoring industry who have these reservations.
Another CEO, chief executive of an educational organization, who provides personal educators, wrote that "the process of adopting dual cultures, or in fact, discovering oneself, is something that must be grown into, not engineered."
The expert explained that he had relocated from Asia to the UK at the period of seven, and had been educated knowing and living dual heritages. He continued to learn at the University of Cambridge.
"The notion that one individual can function as a embodiment of UK identity, an individual who can somehow transfer the qualities of a English gentleman onto a infant child, appears optimistic and unfeasible," he wrote.
"From my perspective, engaging a distinctly English tutor from infancy will not instantly achieve the goal they want.
"I never had such a tutor, and nevertheless I have been fortunate enough to experience numerous of the experiences they hope for their son."
He continued: "The reality is, self-identity should not be forced from the external environment; it must be embraced, and it must come from within."
Purchasing UK Culture
Naturally, English culture is something the expert believes can be instructed – and sold.
"I believe the reality that the international society holds us in this light is something that we should be cherishing|valuing|appreciating
