"A household residing in north London wants to find an extraordinary and qualified tutor to guide their most junior child on his first steps to turning into an British gentleman."
Upon seeing this post, you might easily overlook the wording "beginning" as just a turn of phrase.
But, it might be the most important part of this distinctive employment listing, as it seeks to recruit a mentor for a one-year-old.
Hundreds of submissions have since been submitted since the anonymous family posted their request for the £180,000 per year tutor, who must be "someone very special".
In recent few weeks, the listing has received notice across the press, with many asking why?
Forward-Thinking Method
A tutoring expert, head and founder of a global tutoring firm, which is assisting the family in their search, explained that in spite of initial skepticism, he considered the idea "forward-looking", and "progressive".
When he consulted the family, he noted they understood the unusual nature of their demand, and how immature their son is.
But, they stated that they "didn't want to wait any longer" to hire a tutor, as they had waited until their firstborn was five, and by that point "cultural conditioning had already set in".
What precisely does the family refer to by "cultural predisposition"?
It's "everything", Adam responded. "The manner you eat, the manner you speak".
He said the older sibling had absorbed "really subtle, body language" from the family, and had adopted their cultural habits. The family explained to Adam they hoped to prevent this pattern to happen again with their infant.
The intention: To hire a British tutor, who needs to speak with standard English accent, to guide the baby from day one.
Osmotic Learning
"A great deal of the development at the start here is rather acquired indirectly," explained the CEO.
It's by means of this osmosis that the family are hoping the child will adopt the UK customs they want to cultivate.
Adam said the tutor needed to be somebody who attended "the right kinds of schools – similar types of schools as the family aspire to send their son to".
"The instructor must be the suitable individual, they'll be carrying out things they may not realize they're doing, simply by nature," he added.
Cost Not Relevant
The family explained to the expert the chosen tutor should preferably also have familiarity of or interest in equestrian activities, skiing, artistic pursuits and musical activities so as to shape the child in a diverse set of interests.
More than that though, he said the family desired the tutor to sign up the child on a range of classes so the child would be "equestrian training and starting an musical instrument by the time they are around three years old".
In the family's perspective, helping their son grow into a "British gentleman" will result in accomplishment and provide access.
"Taking into account the pros and cons of that, because it's undoubtedly a status symbol," he adds.
But, notwithstanding all this guidance in "English culture", might the child pick up so-called cultural leaning from the international family he is raised by in any case?
"Yes", said Adam. "The family realize this may not work, but they've simply adopted the perspective of, 'why not attempt it and we should start as early as we can', because the expense of it is irrelevant," he said.
Idealistic and Unrealistic
Several in the education sector who have similar reservations.
Peter Cui, head and founder of Blue Education, who provides private tutors, commented that "the development of embracing two identities, or in fact, forming one's identity, is something that must be experienced personally, not manufactured."
Peter explained that he had relocated from the Far East to the Britain at the time of 7 years old, and had been brought up understanding and embodying two backgrounds. He progressed to study at the University of Cambridge.
"The idea that a single person can serve as a representation of UK identity, someone who can in some way transfer the attributes of a British gentleman onto a one-year-old child, strikes me as optimistic and unfeasible," he stated.
"From my perspective, engaging a distinctly UK tutor from babyhood will will not necessarily create the result they hope for.
"I wasn't provided with that kind of mentor, and yet I have been privileged enough to experience several of the opportunities they hope for their son."
He stated: "The reality is, cultural identity cannot be dictated from the outside influences; it must be chosen, and it must originate internally."
Purchasing UK Culture
Naturally, English culture is something the CEO thinks can be taught – and sold.
"I think the reality that the international society views us in this regard is something that we should be cherishing|valuing|appreciating
