"A household based in North London wants to find an remarkable and qualified instructor to assist their smallest child on his early path to growing into an English gentleman."
Upon seeing this advertisement, you might naturally overlook the term "initial stages" as just an expression.
But, it could be the most important aspect of this unique job advert, as it aims to find a tutor for a 12-month-old.
Numerous of submissions have already been submitted since the anonymous family published their call for the £180,000 per year tutor, who has to be "a uniquely qualified person".
In recent few weeks, the listing has gained interest across the news, with numerous asking why?
Innovative Idea
A tutoring expert, head and founder of an education consultancy, which is helping the family in their quest, explained that despite first doubt, he considered the plan "far sighted", and "innovative".
When he consulted the family, he noted they recognized the unconventional character of their demand, and how immature their son is.
However, they clarified that they "preferred not to postpone any longer" to engage a tutor, as they had waited until their older child was five, and by that point "cultural influence had already become established".
But what does the family indicate by "cultural leaning"?
It's "everything", he responded. "How you eat, how you speak".
He stated the elder child had picked up "really subtle, non-verbal cues" from the family, and had adopted their cultural norms. The family informed Adam they wished to avoid this pattern to repeat itself with their younger child.
The intention: To hire a English tutor, who needs to speak with Received Pronunciation, to shape the baby right from the beginning.
Natural Absorption
"A lot of the development at the start here is somewhat absorbed naturally," said the CEO.
It's via this osmosis that the family are hoping the child will adopt the British traits they want to impart.
He explained the tutor must be an individual who studied at "prestigious academies – comparable categories of schools as the family plan to send their son to".
"The tutor simply needs to be the right kind of person, they'll be doing things they may not realize they're doing, just naturally," he said.
Money No Object
The family explained to Adam the successful candidate should preferably also have familiarity of or enthusiasm in horse riding, winter sports, creative fields and musical activities so as to inspire the child in a broad spectrum of passions.
Furthermore though, he stated the family hoped the tutor to sign up the child on a range of lessons so the child would be "horseback riding and starting an musical instrument by the time they are approximately three years old".
In the family's view, assisting their son develop into a "English gentleman" will lead to achievement and create opportunities.
"Considering the advantages and disadvantages of that, because it's definitely a social class indicator," he comments.
However, despite all this guidance in "English culture", would the child adopt so-called cultural influence from the globally influenced family he resides with anyway?
"Yes", answered Adam. "The parents realize this may not work, but they've merely embraced the perspective of, 'why not attempt it and we'll proceed as quickly as we can', because the expense of it is irrelevant," he said.
Impractical
There are some in the private teaching field who have similar concerns.
Peter Cui, chief executive of Blue Education, who provides private tutors, commented that "the journey of adopting dual cultures, or actually, discovering oneself, is something that must be experienced personally, not engineered."
The expert noted that he had emigrated from Asia to the UK at the period of seven, and had been raised experiencing and practicing dual heritages. He continued to study at Cambridge University.
"The concept that an individual can act as a embodiment of UK identity, a person who can somehow impart the characteristics of a English gentleman to a one-year-old child, seems to me idealistic and impractical," he commented.
"In my experience, employing a typically English tutor from babyhood will will not instantly produce the result they desire.
"I never had such a figure, and nevertheless I have been lucky enough to live several of the situations they desire for their son."
He added: "The fact is, personal identity should not be imposed from the outside influences; it must be embraced, and it must originate internally."
Acquiring Englishness
Naturally, Britishness is something the expert believes can be taught – and commercialized.
"I think the reality that the international society regards us in this regard is something that we should be cherishing|valuing|appreciating
