"Parents residing in the northern part of London seeks an exceptional and skilled educator to support their youngest child on his initial journey to growing into an English gentleman."
When reading this post, you might easily miss the wording "initial stages" as just a turn of phrase.
However, it may be the most important aspect of this unique position posting, as it attempts to hire a teacher for a one-year-old.
Numerous of submissions have already been received since the unidentified family published their search for the £180,000 per year tutor, who needs to be "a uniquely qualified person".
Over the last few weeks, the listing has received notice throughout the news, with several questioning why?
Forward-Thinking Method
The CEO, CEO and founder of Tutors International, which is assisting the family in their search, stated that in spite of first skepticism, he found the concept "forward-looking", and "innovative".
When he consulted the family, he said they recognized the unusual aspect of their demand, and how early in age their son is.
But, they explained that they "preferred not to postpone any longer" to engage a tutor, as they had waited until their firstborn was five, and by that stage "cultural conditioning had already set in".
What precisely does the family mean by "cultural predisposition"?
It's "comprehensive", he responded. "How you eat, the way you speak".
He explained the older sibling had absorbed "extremely delicate, body language" from the family, and had taken on their cultural ways. The family explained to him they did not want the same situation to repeat itself with their younger child.
The intention: To bring in a British tutor, who must speak with standard English accent, to guide the baby from the very start.
Natural Absorption
"A great deal of the learning at the start here is kind of osmotic," said the expert.
It's through this osmosis that the family are expecting the child will acquire the British traits they aim to impart.
Adam noted the tutor needed to be somebody who attended "the appropriate educational institutions – similar types of schools as the family aspire to send their son to".
"The instructor just has to be the right kind of person, they'll be performing things they may not realize they're doing, just naturally," he said.
Money No Object
The family told the expert the selected educator should ideally also have familiarity of or enthusiasm in riding, alpine skiing, artistic pursuits and music so as to shape the child in a diverse set of passions.
Additionally though, he stated the family wanted the tutor to sign up the child on a selection of courses so the child would be "horseback riding and picking up an tool by the time they are around three years old".
In the family's perspective, guiding their son become a "British gentleman" will lead to achievement and open doors.
"Taking into account the rights and wrongs of that, because it's certainly a status symbol," he comments.
However, despite all this tutelage in "English culture", could the child pick up so-called cultural bias from the international family he resides with in any case?
"Absolutely", replied he. "The parents realize this may not work, but they've merely embraced the perspective of, 'why not attempt it and we'll proceed as soon as we can', because the price of it is not a concern," he explained.
Impractical
There are some in the education sector who express similar doubts.
Another CEO, chief executive of a tutoring service, who provides personal educators, stated that "the development of becoming bicultural, or actually, forming one's identity, is something that must be experienced personally, not manufactured."
He noted that he had relocated from the Far East to the Britain at the period of seven, and had been brought up experiencing and living both cultures. He went on to study at a prestigious UK institution.
"The notion that an individual can function as a representation of English culture, someone who can somehow impart the characteristics of a English gentleman to a infant child, appears optimistic and impractical," he stated.
"From my perspective, having a distinctly British tutor from babyhood will not necessarily achieve the outcome they desire.
"I did not have that kind of mentor, and yet I have been privileged enough to live several of the experiences they desire for their son."
He added: "The fact is, cultural identity can not be imposed from the external environment; it must be embraced, and it must be internally driven."
Buying Britishness
Certainly, Britishness is something Adam thinks can be taught – and sold.
"I think the reality that the global community regards us in this respect is something that we should be cherishing|valuing|appreciating
