"Parents located in the northern part of London seeks an remarkable and skilled educator to assist their most junior child on his early path to growing into an English gentleman."
Looking at this post, you might readily overlook the phrase "initial stages" as just a turn of phrase.
However, it might be the most important aspect of this distinctive employment listing, as it attempts to find a tutor for a 12-month-old.
Hundreds of applications have already been received since the unnamed family advertised their request for the highly paid tutor, who needs to be "an exceptional individual".
During the past few weeks, the advert has attracted attention across the media, with many wondering why?
Progressive Approach
A tutoring expert, head and founder of Tutors International, which is assisting the family in their hunt, said that notwithstanding early doubt, he viewed the concept "visionary", and "advanced".
When he spoke with the family, he noted they understood the unusual nature of their request, and how early in age their son is.
However, they clarified that they "preferred not to postpone any longer" to get a tutor, as they had postponed until their older child was five, and by that stage "cultural influence had by then become established".
What exactly does the family indicate by "cultural predisposition"?
It's "all-encompassing", Adam answered. "The manner you eat, the manner you speak".
He explained the older sibling had picked up "really subtle, non-verbal cues" from the family, and had adopted their cultural ways. The family informed Adam they wished to avoid the same situation to happen again with their new baby.
The intention: To engage a English tutor, who should speak with RP, to influence the baby from the very start.
Osmotic Learning
"A great deal of the learning at the beginning here is kind of absorbed naturally," stated Adam.
It's through this osmosis that the family are hoping the child will acquire the English characteristics they wish to instil.
Adam explained the tutor must be an individual who went to "prestigious academies – the same kinds of schools as the family hope to send their son to".
"The instructor simply needs to be the appropriate candidate, they'll be carrying out things they don't even know they're doing, just naturally," he commented.
Money No Object
The family told Adam the successful candidate should preferably also have familiarity of or passion in equestrian activities, alpine skiing, creative fields and music so as to shape the child in a broad spectrum of passions.
Furthermore though, he stated the family hoped the tutor to register the child on a range of courses so the child would be "equestrian training and learning an tool by the time they are about three years old".
In the family's view, assisting their son grow into a "UK sophisticate" will result in achievement and open doors.
"For all the pros and cons of that, because it's certainly a social class indicator," he adds.
However, despite all this guidance in "Britishness", might the child pick up so-called cultural influence from the globally influenced family he is raised by regardless?
"Absolutely", answered he. "The family know this could fail, but they've just taken the view of, 'let's give it a go and we should start as quickly as we can', because the expense of it is not relevant," he explained.
Overly Optimistic
Several in the education sector who have these reservations.
An education leader, head and founder of an educational organization, who also offer personal educators, commented that "the development of embracing two identities, or indeed, forming one's identity, is something that must be experienced personally, not designed."
The expert explained that he had relocated from China to the United Kingdom at the time of childhood, and had been brought up knowing and living two backgrounds. He went on to learn at a prestigious UK institution.
"The notion that an individual can function as a representation of UK identity, someone who can possibly transplant the qualities of a UK sophisticate to a one-year-old child, appears naive and unrealistic," he stated.
"Based on my background, employing a typically English tutor from early childhood will will not necessarily achieve the outcome they want.
"I never had such a tutor, and however I have been lucky enough to experience many of the situations they desire for their son."
He continued: "The truth is, self-identity cannot be forced from the outside; it must be chosen, and it must be internally driven."
Buying Britishness
Of course, Britishness is something the expert believes can be educated – and marketed.
"I believe the reality that the world holds us in this regard is something that we should be cherishing|valuing|appreciating
