"A family residing in north London wants to find an exceptional and experienced instructor to support their youngest child on his initial journey to growing into an English gentleman."
When reading this post, you might naturally miss the term "initial stages" as simple an expression.
However, it may be the most important element of this unusual position posting, as it seeks to find a teacher for a infant.
Numerous of applications have since been received since the unnamed family advertised their call for the highly paid tutor, who needs to be "an exceptional individual".
Over the last few weeks, the post has received notice in the news, with numerous questioning why?
Innovative Idea
The CEO, head and founder of a global tutoring firm, which is assisting the family in their quest, explained that notwithstanding early scepticism, he viewed the idea "far sighted", and "advanced".
When he met the family, he mentioned they recognized the atypical nature of their demand, and how young their son is.
But, they stated that they "were unwilling to delay any longer" to hire a tutor, as they had held off until their firstborn was five, and by that stage "cultural conditioning had already become established".
What exactly does the family mean by "cultural predisposition"?
It's "comprehensive", the expert responded. "The way you eat, the way you speak".
He said the elder child had picked up "extremely delicate, body language" from the family, and had taken on their cultural habits. The family told Adam they did not want this pattern to recur with their younger child.
The strategy: To engage a British tutor, who needs to speak with standard English accent, to guide the baby right from the beginning.
Subtle Influence
"A lot of the learning at the outset here is kind of acquired indirectly," said the expert.
It's via this subtle influence that the family are hoping the child will adopt the British traits they wish to cultivate.
Adam explained the tutor must be an individual who studied at "prestigious academies – the same kinds of schools as the family plan to send their son to".
"The instructor simply needs to be the appropriate candidate, they'll be doing things they don't even know they're doing, just naturally," he added.
Money No Object
The family explained to him the selected educator should ideally also have understanding of or interest in horse riding, alpine skiing, creative fields and musical activities so as to shape the child in a broad spectrum of interests.
Additionally though, he said the family desired the tutor to register the child on a range of lessons so the child would be "horseback riding and starting an tool by the time they are about three years old".
In the family's perspective, assisting their son become a "English gentleman" will result in success and open doors.
"For all the pros and cons of that, because it's certainly a status symbol," he comments.
But, notwithstanding all this tutelage in "English culture", would the child adopt alleged cultural influence from the globally influenced family he lives with anyway?
"Yes", answered he. "They understand this could fail, but they've simply adopted the perspective of, 'let's give it a go and we should start as soon as we can', because the cost of it is not a concern," he stated.
Impractical
There are some in the private teaching field who express similar doubts.
An education leader, chief executive of an educational organization, who also offer personal educators, commented that "the process of adopting dual cultures, or indeed, discovering oneself, is something that must be experienced personally, not designed."
He wrote that he had moved from the Far East to the UK at the period of seven, and had been educated experiencing and practicing dual heritages. He progressed to study at a prestigious UK institution.
"The idea that an individual can act as a living vessel of English culture, an individual who can in some way impart the characteristics of a UK sophisticate upon a one-year-old child, appears idealistic and unfeasible," he wrote.
"From my perspective, employing a typically English tutor from babyhood will does not automatically produce the result they hope for.
"I did not have such a figure, and nevertheless I have been privileged enough to experience several of the opportunities they aspire for their son."
He added: "The fact is, self-identity should not be forced from the outside influences; it must be embraced, and it must originate internally."
Buying Britishness
Of course, English culture is something the CEO thinks can be instructed – and marketed.
"I think the fact that the world views us in this respect is something that we should be cherishing|valuing|appreciating
