"A household based in the northern part of London wants to find an extraordinary and experienced educator to support their smallest child on his early path to becoming an British gentleman."
Looking at this post, you might easily overlook the term "initial stages" as mere a turn of phrase.
However, it could be the most significant element of this distinctive job advert, as it aims to recruit a mentor for a one-year-old.
Numerous of responses have already been sent in since the unidentified family advertised their search for the highly paid tutor, who has to be "an exceptional individual".
In recent few weeks, the post has attracted interest throughout the news, with several questioning why?
Innovative Idea
Adam Caller, head and founder of an education consultancy, which is helping the family in their search, explained that in spite of first scepticism, he considered the plan "forward-looking", and "progressive".
When he consulted the family, he said they recognized the unconventional nature of their requirement, and how immature their son is.
Nevertheless, they explained that they "were unwilling to delay any longer" to hire a tutor, as they had held off until their older child was five, and by that age "cultural influence had already taken hold".
But what did the family mean by "cultural predisposition"?
It's "comprehensive", he answered. "The manner you eat, the manner you speak".
He said the older sibling had absorbed "extremely delicate, unspoken signals" from the family, and had taken on their cultural ways. The family told him they hoped to prevent history to recur with their infant.
The intention: To bring in a British tutor, who should speak with RP, to shape the baby right from the beginning.
Subtle Influence
"Much of the education at the beginning here is somewhat absorbed naturally," explained the CEO.
It's via this osmosis that the family are aiming the child will adopt the UK customs they aim to instil.
He explained the tutor must be an individual who went to "the appropriate educational institutions – similar types of schools as the family plan to send their son to".
"The tutor must be the right kind of person, they'll be doing things they don't even know they're doing, simply by nature," he commented.
Money No Object
The family explained to the expert the selected educator should ideally also have understanding of or passion in riding, alpine skiing, artistic pursuits and instrumental training so as to inspire the child in a diverse set of passions.
More than that though, he said the family desired the tutor to register the child on a range of lessons so the child would be "equestrian training and learning an tool by the time they are approximately three years old".
In the family's view, guiding their son become a "UK sophisticate" will result in achievement and open doors.
"Taking into account the pros and cons of that, because it's definitely a class statement," he notes.
However, notwithstanding all this instruction in "English culture", would the child adopt what is termed cultural leaning from the globally influenced family he lives with in any case?
"Yes", replied the CEO. "The parents realize this might not succeed, but they've just taken the attitude of, 'we should try and we'll proceed as quickly as we can', because the cost of it is not relevant," he explained.
Impractical
There are some in the education sector who have those reservations.
Peter Cui, chief executive of a tutoring service, who also offer personal educators, commented that "the journey of becoming bicultural, or in fact, forming one's identity, is something that must be lived into, not designed."
Peter noted that he had emigrated from China to the United Kingdom at the period of childhood, and had been educated understanding and practicing dual heritages. He progressed to study at a prestigious UK institution.
"The idea that a single person can function as a representation of UK identity, an individual who can somehow transfer the qualities of a UK sophisticate onto a one-year-old child, appears idealistic and unrealistic," he wrote.
"From my perspective, having a quintessentially British tutor from infancy will not instantly produce the goal they hope for.
"I never had that kind of mentor, and nevertheless I have been lucky enough to experience several of the opportunities they hope for their son."
He stated: "The reality is, personal identity should not be forced from the outside influences; it must be chosen, and it must be internally driven."
Acquiring Englishness
Certainly, Britishness is something the CEO thinks can be instructed – and commercialized.
"I believe the reality that the global community holds us in this respect is something that we should be cherishing|valuing|appreciating
