"Parents located in north London wants to find an remarkable and experienced instructor to guide their most junior child on his initial journey to becoming an English gentleman."
When reading this post, you might naturally miss the phrase "initial stages" as mere an expression.
Yet, it could be the most significant aspect of this distinctive job advert, as it attempts to recruit a mentor for a infant.
Many of applications have already been received since the unnamed family posted their search for the highly paid tutor, who needs to be "an exceptional individual".
During the past few weeks, the advert has attracted interest in the news, with several asking why?
Forward-Thinking Method
Adam Caller, head and founder of Tutors International, which is assisting the family in their hunt, said that in spite of early skepticism, he considered the idea "forward-looking", and "advanced".
When he consulted the family, he noted they recognized the atypical character of their requirement, and how early in age their son is.
Nevertheless, they explained that they "didn't want to wait any longer" to engage a tutor, as they had waited until their firstborn was five, and by that age "cultural influence had already taken hold".
But what does the family mean by "cultural predisposition"?
It's "everything", he responded. "The way you eat, the way you speak".
He explained the elder child had picked up "really subtle, unspoken signals" from the family, and had assumed their cultural habits. The family explained to the consultant they wished to avoid the same situation to repeat itself with their new baby.
The strategy: To hire a UK tutor, who must speak with standard English accent, to influence the baby from the very start.
Subtle Influence
"Much of the education at the beginning here is somewhat absorbed naturally," stated the CEO.
It's through this natural absorption that the family are hoping the child will adopt the British traits they wish to cultivate.
The consultant explained the tutor needed to be an individual who went to "the appropriate educational institutions – comparable categories of schools as the family aspire to send their son to".
"The educator simply needs to be the right kind of person, they'll be doing things they don't even know they're doing, simply by nature," he said.
Money No Object
The family explained to Adam the successful candidate should preferably also have familiarity of or passion in horse riding, skiing, creative fields and music so as to inspire the child in a diverse set of hobbies.
Furthermore though, he stated the family desired the tutor to register the child on a range of classes so the child would be "equestrian training and picking up an tool by the time they are around three years old".
In the family's view, helping their son grow into a "UK sophisticate" will result in achievement and create opportunities.
"Taking into account the pros and cons of that, because it's certainly a status symbol," he notes.
Yet, in spite of all this instruction in "Britishness", could the child absorb so-called cultural influence from the international family he is raised by anyway?
"Certainly", answered Adam. "The family know this might not succeed, but they've just taken the view of, 'we should try and let's go as quickly as we can', because the expense of it is not relevant," he stated.
Impractical
Several in the private teaching field who express these doubts.
Peter Cui, CEO and founder of a tutoring service, who provides private tutors, commented that "the development of embracing two identities, or actually, forming one's identity, is something that must be lived into, not manufactured."
The expert wrote that he had relocated from China to the United Kingdom at the period of seven, and had been brought up understanding and practicing both cultures. He went on to be educated at a prestigious UK institution.
"The idea that a single person can act as a embodiment of English culture, a person who can somehow transplant the qualities of a British gentleman onto a infant child, seems to me optimistic and impractical," he stated.
"From my perspective, employing a typically British tutor from infancy will does not instantly create the outcome they hope for.
"I did not have such a figure, and yet I have been fortunate enough to experience many of the situations they aspire for their son."
He stated: "The fact is, cultural identity should not be imposed from the external environment; it must be selected, and it must come from within."
Acquiring Englishness
Of course, English culture is something the CEO believes can be instructed – and commercialized.
"I think the fact that the global community views us in this light is something that we should be cherishing|valuing|appreciating
