"Parents residing in the northern part of London wants to find an remarkable and experienced educator to assist their most junior child on his first steps to turning into an English gentleman."
Looking at this advertisement, you might readily overlook the term "beginning" as mere a turn of phrase.
Yet, it could be the crucial aspect of this unique employment listing, as it aims to hire a teacher for a 12-month-old.
Hundreds of responses have already been sent in since the unidentified family published their call for the £180k-a-year tutor, who has to be "an exceptional individual".
In recent few weeks, the post has gained interest across the media, with several asking why?
Progressive Approach
Adam Caller, chief executive of a global tutoring firm, which is assisting the family in their hunt, stated that notwithstanding first skepticism, he considered the idea "forward-looking", and "innovative".
When he spoke with the family, he noted they appreciated the atypical character of their requirement, and how early in age their son is.
But, they clarified that they "were unwilling to delay any longer" to hire a tutor, as they had held off until their older child was five, and by that stage "cultural bias had already taken hold".
But what does the family refer to by "cultural leaning"?
It's "all-encompassing", Adam replied. "The way you eat, the manner you speak".
He said the older sibling had picked up "very nuanced, unspoken signals" from the family, and had taken on their cultural ways. The family explained to him they wished to avoid the same situation to happen again with their younger child.
The plan: To bring in a British tutor, who should speak with standard English accent, to guide the baby from day one.
Natural Absorption
"Much of the education at the beginning here is rather acquired indirectly," explained the CEO.
It's through this subtle influence that the family are hoping the child will pick up the UK customs they aim to instil.
He explained the tutor had to be an individual who studied at "the right kinds of schools – 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 may not realize they're doing, simply by nature," he said.
Money No Object
The family told him the chosen tutor should preferably also have understanding of or interest in horse riding, skiing, artistic pursuits and music so as to shape the child in a diverse set of hobbies.
Additionally though, he said the family hoped the tutor to sign up the child on a range of courses so the child would be "equestrian training and picking up an instrument by the time they are approximately three years old".
In the family's minds, assisting their son develop into a "UK sophisticate" will lead to achievement and create opportunities.
"Considering the pros and cons of that, because it's definitely a social class indicator," he notes.
However, despite all this instruction in "Britishness", would the child pick up alleged cultural leaning from the international family he resides with regardless?
"Certainly", said he. "The parents know this might not succeed, but they've merely embraced the attitude of, 'let's give it a go and we'll proceed as soon as we can', because the cost of it is not a concern," he explained.
Impractical
There are some in the private teaching field who have these doubts.
An education leader, head and founder of an educational organization, who also offer individual instructors, commented that "the journey of becoming bicultural, or indeed, forming one's identity, is something that must be experienced personally, not engineered."
The expert explained that he had moved from the Far East to the Britain at the age of childhood, and had been educated understanding and living two backgrounds. He continued to be educated at a prestigious UK institution.
"The notion that an individual can serve as a living vessel of English culture, an individual who can somehow transplant the characteristics of a UK sophisticate upon a 12-month-old child, appears idealistic and unrealistic," he wrote.
"From my perspective, engaging a quintessentially UK tutor from early childhood will does not instantly achieve the outcome they desire.
"I did not have that kind of mentor, and yet I have been fortunate enough to enjoy numerous of the situations they aspire for their son."
He stated: "The reality is, cultural identity cannot be imposed from the outside; it must be embraced, and it must come from within."
Acquiring Englishness
Certainly, UK identity is something the expert believes can be educated – and sold.
"I think the reality that the global community holds us in this respect is something that we should be cherishing|valuing|appreciating
