"A family based in the northern part of London is looking for an exceptional and qualified instructor to support their most junior child on his initial journey to growing into an English gentleman."
Upon seeing this post, you might readily miss the term "initial stages" as simple figurative language.
Yet, it could be the most important part of this unique employment listing, as it seeks to hire a teacher for a 12-month-old.
Many of applications have since been sent in since the anonymous family advertised their search for the £180,000 per year tutor, who must be "a uniquely qualified person".
During the past few weeks, the advert has attracted attention throughout the news, with many asking why?
Forward-Thinking Method
Adam Caller, chief executive of a global tutoring firm, which is assisting the family in their hunt, said that despite early skepticism, he viewed the idea "visionary", and "advanced".
When he consulted the family, he noted they understood the atypical nature of their demand, and how early in age their son is.
But, they stated that they "didn't want to wait any longer" to engage a tutor, as they had postponed until their older child was five, and by that stage "cultural influence had by then become established".
But what did the family refer to by "cultural bias"?
It's "comprehensive", he responded. "How you eat, the manner you speak".
He said the older sibling had absorbed "very nuanced, non-verbal cues" from the family, and had adopted their cultural norms. The family explained to the consultant they wished to avoid this pattern to repeat itself with their new baby.
The strategy: To hire a British tutor, who needs to speak with RP, to guide the baby from day one.
Subtle Influence
"A great deal of the development at the outset here is somewhat absorbed naturally," explained Adam.
It's through this osmosis that the family are hoping the child will acquire the UK customs they aim to cultivate.
Adam said the tutor needed to be someone who attended "the appropriate educational institutions – the same kinds of schools as the family plan to send their son to".
"The tutor simply needs to be the appropriate candidate, they'll be carrying out things they may not realize they're doing, just naturally," he commented.
Money No Object
The family told him the selected educator should preferably also have knowledge of or interest in equestrian activities, 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 lessons so the child would be "pony-riding and learning an instrument by the time they are around three years old".
In the family's perspective, helping their son become a "British gentleman" will lead to accomplishment and provide access.
"For all the pros and cons of that, because it's definitely a social class indicator," he comments.
However, in spite of all this guidance in "Britishness", might the child absorb so-called cultural bias from the multicultural family he lives with anyway?
"Absolutely", answered Adam. "The family know this might not succeed, but they've simply adopted the view of, 'we should try and we should start as soon as we can', because the price of it is not relevant," he stated.
Impractical
Several in the tutoring industry who share these doubts.
Another CEO, CEO and founder of an educational organization, who also offer private tutors, stated that "the development of adopting dual cultures, or in fact, forming one's identity, is something that must be lived into, not engineered."
The expert noted that he had moved from the Far East to the Britain at the age of seven, and had been brought up knowing and practicing two backgrounds. He went on to learn at Cambridge University.
"The concept that a single person can function as a embodiment of English culture, a person who can possibly impart the qualities of a English gentleman to a infant child, appears idealistic and unrealistic," he stated.
"Based on my background, engaging a typically British tutor from babyhood will will not instantly create the goal they hope for.
"I did not have that kind of mentor, and however I have been privileged enough to enjoy numerous of the opportunities they hope for their son."
He added: "The truth is, self-identity can not be forced from the outside influences; it must be chosen, and it must be internally driven."
Acquiring Englishness
Naturally, English culture is something Adam believes can be instructed – and marketed.
"I think the fact that the global community holds us in this light is something that we should be cherishing|valuing|appreciating
