"Parents residing in North London is looking for an exceptional and skilled instructor to support their youngest child on his first steps to growing into an British gentleman."
Looking at this listing, you might easily miss the wording "initial stages" as just a turn of phrase.
But, it might be the crucial aspect of this unusual position posting, as it seeks to find a mentor for a one-year-old.
Many of submissions have since been sent in since the anonymous family advertised their call for the highly paid tutor, who must be "someone very special".
In recent few weeks, the advert has gained attention throughout the media, with numerous asking why?
Innovative Idea
A tutoring expert, chief executive of Tutors International, which is supporting the family in their search, stated that in spite of initial skepticism, he found the concept "visionary", and "advanced".
When he spoke with the family, he said they understood the unconventional aspect of their demand, and how early in age their son is.
But, they stated that they "didn't want to wait any longer" to hire a tutor, as they had held off until their older child was five, and by that stage "cultural bias had already become established".
What precisely did the family indicate by "cultural bias"?
It's "everything", he responded. "How you eat, the manner you speak".
He said the older sibling had adopted "really subtle, unspoken signals" from the family, and had taken on their cultural norms. The family explained to him they hoped to prevent this pattern to happen again with their infant.
The strategy: To hire a UK tutor, who must speak with RP, to influence the baby from day one.
Natural Absorption
"Much of the education at the start here is kind of absorbed naturally," explained Adam.
It's through this subtle influence that the family are expecting the child will adopt the UK customs they wish to instil.
The consultant explained the tutor needed to be someone who went to "prestigious academies – 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 carrying out things they aren't even aware they're doing, simply by nature," he said.
Expense Not a Factor
The family informed Adam the chosen tutor should ideally also have familiarity of or enthusiasm in riding, skiing, creative fields and music so as to influence the child in a broad spectrum of hobbies.
More than that though, he said the family wanted the tutor to register the child on a range of lessons so the child would be "equestrian training and learning an musical instrument by the time they are around three years old".
In the family's perspective, guiding their son develop into a "British gentleman" will lead to accomplishment and open doors.
"For all the advantages and disadvantages of that, because it's certainly a class statement," he comments.
However, despite all this instruction in "Britishness", could the child absorb what is termed cultural bias from the globally influenced family he lives with anyway?
"Absolutely", replied Adam. "The family realize this may not work, but they've merely embraced the attitude of, 'why not attempt it and we'll proceed as soon as we can', because the expense of it is not a concern," he said.
Overly Optimistic
A number of in the private teaching field who have similar doubts.
Peter Cui, head and founder of an educational organization, who supplies private tutors, wrote that "the process of becoming bicultural, or in fact, discovering oneself, is something that must be grown into, not manufactured."
He explained that he had emigrated from Asia to the Britain at the period of 7 years old, and had been educated knowing and practicing both cultures. He progressed to be educated at the University of Cambridge.
"The notion that a single person can serve as a living vessel of Britishness, a person who can somehow transfer the attributes of a English gentleman upon a infant child, seems to me idealistic and impractical," he commented.
"From my perspective, engaging a distinctly UK tutor from babyhood will will not necessarily create the goal they hope for.
"I never had such a figure, and nevertheless I have been lucky enough to experience many of the opportunities they desire for their son."
He added: "The truth is, personal identity can not be forced from the outside; it must be selected, and it must come from within."
Acquiring Englishness
Of course, UK identity is something the CEO believes can be educated – and sold.
"I think the fact that the global community regards us in this light is something that we should be cherishing|valuing|appreciating
