"A family residing in the northern part of London is looking for an extraordinary and experienced educator to assist their smallest child on his early path to turning into an British gentleman."
Upon seeing this listing, you might readily skip the phrase "initial stages" as just an expression.
However, it may be the most important part of this unusual position posting, as it attempts to find a teacher for a infant.
Many of submissions have since been sent in since the anonymous family advertised their request for the £180,000 per year tutor, who must be "someone very special".
Over the last few weeks, the advert has gained attention throughout the media, with numerous asking why?
Forward-Thinking Method
Adam Caller, head and founder of a global tutoring firm, which is assisting the family in their hunt, said that notwithstanding first scepticism, he viewed the idea "far sighted", and "advanced".
When he consulted the family, he noted they understood the atypical nature of their demand, and how immature their son is.
But, they explained that they "preferred not to postpone any longer" to hire a tutor, as they had postponed until their elder sibling was five, and by that stage "cultural bias had already set in".
What exactly does the family indicate by "cultural leaning"?
It's "comprehensive", the expert responded. "How you eat, the manner you speak".
He stated the firstborn had absorbed "really subtle, non-verbal cues" from the family, and had adopted their cultural habits. The family told him they wished to avoid this pattern to happen again with their new baby.
The intention: To engage a English tutor, who must speak with standard English accent, to guide the baby right from the beginning.
Natural Absorption
"A great deal of the development at the start here is somewhat osmotic," explained the CEO.
It's by means of this osmosis that the family are expecting the child will adopt the English characteristics they aim to instil.
The consultant said the tutor had to be an individual who studied at "the right kinds of schools – similar types of schools as the family aspire to send their son to".
"The instructor just has to be the suitable individual, they'll be doing things they don't even know they're doing, simply by nature," he said.
Money No Object
The family informed the expert the selected educator should ideally also have familiarity of or passion in riding, alpine skiing, creative fields and instrumental training so as to shape the child in a broad spectrum of interests.
Additionally though, he said the family desired the tutor to enrol the child on a variety of lessons so the child would be "pony-riding and starting an musical instrument by the time they are about three years old".
In the family's minds, guiding their son develop into a "UK sophisticate" will bring about success and open doors.
"For all the pros and cons of that, because it's undoubtedly a status symbol," he comments.
But, notwithstanding all this guidance in "Britishness", could the child absorb so-called cultural leaning from the international family he is raised by in any case?
"Absolutely", answered Adam. "The parents realize this may not work, but they've simply adopted the attitude of, 'let's give it a go and we'll proceed as soon as we can', because the expense of it is not relevant," he stated.
Idealistic and Unrealistic
A number of in the tutoring industry who have similar doubts.
Another CEO, chief executive of an educational organization, who also offer individual instructors, commented that "the development of embracing two identities, or actually, forming one's identity, is something that must be grown into, not engineered."
Peter noted that he had emigrated from the Far East to the Britain at the period of seven, and had been raised knowing and living both cultures. He continued to learn at the University of Cambridge.
"The idea that one individual can serve as a living vessel of Britishness, someone who can somehow impart the qualities of a English gentleman onto a 12-month-old child, appears naive and impractical," he commented.
"From my perspective, employing a typically UK tutor from infancy will not necessarily produce the goal they hope for.
"I never had such a tutor, and however I have been fortunate enough to enjoy several of the opportunities they aspire for their son."
He added: "The fact is, self-identity cannot be imposed from the outside influences; it must be selected, and it must be internally driven."
Buying Britishness
Naturally, Britishness is something Adam thinks can be taught – and commercialized.
"I believe the reality that the international society views us in this light is something that we should be cherishing|valuing|appreciating
