"A household located in North London is looking for an remarkable and qualified educator to guide their most junior child on his initial journey to turning into an British gentleman."
Upon seeing this post, you might readily overlook the term "initial stages" as just figurative language.
However, it might be the crucial element of this unique employment listing, as it seeks to hire a teacher for a 12-month-old.
Many of submissions have now been sent in since the unidentified family posted their request for the highly paid tutor, who needs to be "an exceptional individual".
Over the last few weeks, the advert has received interest across the media, with many wondering why?
Innovative Idea
A tutoring expert, head and founder of a global tutoring firm, which is assisting the family in their hunt, stated that notwithstanding initial scepticism, he found the concept "far sighted", and "progressive".
When he consulted the family, he said they appreciated the unusual aspect of their request, and how immature their son is.
However, they explained that they "were unwilling to delay any longer" to hire a tutor, as they had postponed until their older child was five, and by that age "cultural conditioning had by then taken hold".
But what does the family indicate by "cultural bias"?
It's "comprehensive", Adam answered. "How you eat, the way you speak".
He said the older sibling had adopted "really subtle, unspoken signals" from the family, and had adopted their cultural norms. The family told Adam they hoped to prevent history to happen again with their new baby.
The strategy: To engage a English tutor, who must speak with RP, to guide the baby from day one.
Natural Absorption
"A lot of the education at the start here is somewhat absorbed naturally," stated Adam.
It's through this natural absorption that the family are aiming the child will pick up the British traits they wish to impart.
He explained the tutor must be somebody who went to "the right kinds of schools – the same kinds of schools as the family aspire to send their son to".
"The educator must be the right kind of person, they'll be carrying out things they may not realize they're doing, just naturally," he said.
Money No Object
The family told the expert the chosen tutor should ideally also have knowledge of or enthusiasm in riding, winter sports, the arts and musical activities so as to inspire the child in a broad spectrum of interests.
More than that though, he stated the family desired the tutor to enrol the child on a variety of lessons so the child would be "equestrian training and picking up an tool by the time they are approximately three years old".
In the family's minds, helping their son grow into a "UK sophisticate" will bring about accomplishment and open doors.
"Considering the advantages and disadvantages of that, because it's definitely a status symbol," he notes.
However, despite all this tutelage in "UK identity", would the child adopt what is termed cultural influence from the international family he lives with anyway?
"Certainly", answered he. "The family know this might not succeed, but they've merely embraced the perspective of, 'let's give it a go and let's go as early as we can', because the expense of it is not relevant," he stated.
Impractical
There are some in the private teaching field who share similar reservations.
Peter Cui, chief executive of a tutoring service, who also offer private tutors, wrote that "the development of becoming bicultural, or indeed, discovering oneself, is something that must be experienced personally, not designed."
Peter wrote that he had relocated from the Far East to the Britain at the age of seven, and had been educated knowing and embodying dual heritages. He continued to be educated at a prestigious UK institution.
"The concept that an individual can serve as a embodiment of English culture, someone who can in some way impart the attributes of a UK sophisticate upon a infant child, appears optimistic and unfeasible," he commented.
"Based on my background, engaging a typically British tutor from infancy will not automatically create the result they hope for.
"I never had such a tutor, and yet I have been fortunate enough to live several of the experiences they hope for their son."
He stated: "The truth is, cultural identity can not be dictated from the external environment; it must be selected, and it must originate internally."
Buying Britishness
Certainly, Britishness is something Adam hopes can be taught – and sold.
"In my view the reality that the global community holds us in this respect is something that we should be cherishing|valuing|appreciating
