"A family residing in the northern part of London wants to find an exceptional and experienced educator to support their smallest child on his first steps to becoming an English gentleman."
Upon seeing this listing, you might naturally skip the phrase "beginning" as mere a turn of phrase.
But, it may be the crucial aspect of this unusual position posting, as it seeks to find a teacher for a infant.
Many of submissions have now been sent in since the anonymous family published their call for the £180,000 per year tutor, who needs to be "someone very special".
During the past few weeks, the post has gained interest throughout the news, with many wondering why?
Progressive Approach
The CEO, CEO and founder of Tutors International, which is assisting the family in their search, said that despite initial scepticism, he viewed the plan "forward-looking", and "advanced".
When he spoke with the family, he mentioned they recognized the unusual nature of their request, and how young their son is.
But, they clarified that they "preferred not to postpone any longer" to engage a tutor, as they had postponed until their firstborn was five, and by that age "cultural bias had already taken hold".
What exactly does the family refer to by "cultural leaning"?
It's "everything", Adam answered. "The manner you eat, the way you speak".
He stated the older sibling had adopted "extremely delicate, body language" from the family, and had adopted their cultural ways. The family informed the consultant they hoped to prevent the same situation to repeat itself with their new baby.
The plan: To engage a English tutor, who must speak with standard English accent, to influence the baby from day one.
Subtle Influence
"Much of the development at the start here is rather osmotic," said the CEO.
It's through this subtle influence that the family are hoping the child will acquire the British traits they aim to instil.
Adam explained the tutor must be somebody who went to "the right kinds of schools – comparable categories of schools as the family plan to send their son to".
"The instructor simply needs to be the right kind of person, they'll be doing things they may not realize they're doing, effortlessly," he added.
Money No Object
The family explained to Adam the selected educator should ideally also have knowledge of or interest in horse riding, skiing, the arts and music so as to influence the child in a wide range of interests.
More than that though, he said the family hoped the tutor to sign up the child on a selection of courses so the child would be "horseback riding and learning an tool by the time they are approximately three years old".
In the family's view, guiding their son grow into a "English gentleman" will bring about success and create opportunities.
"For all the rights and wrongs of that, because it's undoubtedly a status symbol," he adds.
Yet, notwithstanding all this guidance in "English culture", might the child pick up so-called cultural leaning from the international family he resides with regardless?
"Absolutely", answered Adam. "The parents know this may not work, but they've just taken the attitude of, 'why not attempt it and we should start as early as we can', because the price of it is not relevant," he said.
Impractical
A number of in the education sector who have those reservations.
Another CEO, head and founder of a tutoring service, who also offer individual instructors, wrote that "the process of embracing two identities, or in fact, forming one's identity, is something that must be experienced personally, not manufactured."
Peter noted that he had relocated from the Far East to the UK at the period of childhood, and had been brought up understanding and embodying dual heritages. He continued to study at the University of Cambridge.
"The notion that one individual can serve as a representation of English culture, an individual who can possibly transfer the attributes of a English gentleman onto a infant child, seems to me idealistic and unfeasible," he commented.
"From my perspective, employing a distinctly UK tutor from infancy will not instantly produce the outcome they hope for.
"I never had such a figure, and however I have been lucky enough to enjoy numerous of the situations they desire for their son."
He continued: "The reality is, cultural identity should not be dictated from the external environment; it must be embraced, and it must come from within."
Acquiring Englishness
Certainly, English culture is something the CEO hopes can be taught – and marketed.
"In my view the reality that the global community holds us in this light is something that we should be cherishing|valuing|appreciating
