"Parents located in north London seeks an extraordinary and skilled instructor to guide their most junior child on his early path to growing into an British gentleman."
Upon seeing this post, you might easily skip the term "initial stages" as mere figurative language.
But, it may be the most important part of this unusual job advert, as it attempts to find a tutor for a 12-month-old.
Hundreds of applications have now been sent in since the unidentified family advertised their call for the highly paid tutor, who has to be "a uniquely qualified person".
In recent few weeks, the advert has attracted notice throughout the press, with numerous questioning why?
Progressive Approach
Adam Caller, CEO and founder of a global tutoring firm, which is supporting the family in their quest, said that notwithstanding initial doubt, he found the plan "visionary", and "advanced".
When he spoke with the family, he noted they appreciated the unusual nature of their request, and how young their son is.
However, they clarified that they "were unwilling to delay any longer" to engage a tutor, as they had held off until their elder sibling was five, and by that age "cultural influence had by then set in".
What exactly does the family mean by "cultural leaning"?
It's "everything", the expert responded. "The manner you eat, the manner you speak".
He explained the older sibling had picked up "really subtle, body language" from the family, and had taken on their cultural ways. The family informed the consultant they hoped to prevent the same situation to repeat itself with their infant.
The intention: To bring in a English tutor, who needs to speak with standard English accent, to shape the baby from day one.
Osmotic Learning
"A great deal of the development at the start here is somewhat absorbed naturally," stated the CEO.
It's via this natural absorption that the family are expecting the child will pick up the British traits they aim to instil.
Adam said the tutor needed to be someone who attended "the appropriate educational institutions – comparable categories of schools as the family aspire to send their son to".
"The tutor just has to be the suitable individual, they'll be carrying out things they don't even know they're doing, simply by nature," he said.
Money No Object
The family explained to the expert the selected educator should ideally also have understanding of or enthusiasm in equestrian activities, alpine skiing, the arts and instrumental training so as to inspire the child in a wide range of passions.
Additionally though, he stated the family hoped the tutor to sign up the child on a selection of courses so the child would be "horseback riding and starting an instrument by the time they are approximately three years old".
In the family's perspective, helping their son become a "UK sophisticate" will lead to achievement and open doors.
"Taking into account the advantages and disadvantages of that, because it's certainly a status symbol," he comments.
However, despite all this instruction in "English culture", could the child adopt alleged cultural influence from the international family he resides with in any case?
"Yes", said Adam. "The parents know this may not work, but they've merely embraced the view of, 'why not attempt it and we should start as soon as we can', because the price of it is not relevant," he stated.
Overly Optimistic
There are some in the education sector who express those doubts.
An education leader, chief executive of a tutoring service, who provides individual instructors, wrote that "the journey of embracing two identities, or indeed, becoming oneself, is something that must be lived into, not engineered."
He noted that he had emigrated from China to the UK at the period of 7 years old, and had been educated knowing and living two backgrounds. He continued to study at the University of Cambridge.
"The idea that a single person can serve as a embodiment of Britishness, an individual who can somehow transfer the qualities of a UK sophisticate onto a one-year-old child, strikes me as idealistic and unfeasible," he commented.
"From my perspective, employing a distinctly UK tutor from babyhood will does not automatically produce the outcome they hope for.
"I wasn't provided with that kind of mentor, and however I have been lucky enough to enjoy numerous of the opportunities they desire for their son."
He continued: "The reality is, self-identity can not be dictated from the outside influences; it must be selected, and it must be internally driven."
Acquiring Englishness
Naturally, English culture is something the CEO hopes can be educated – and sold.
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