"Parents based in North London is looking for an remarkable and qualified instructor to support their smallest child on his early path to turning into an British gentleman."
Upon seeing this advertisement, you might naturally miss the term "initial stages" as mere an expression.
But, it may be the most important element of this unusual employment listing, as it aims to find a tutor for a one-year-old.
Many of submissions have already been sent in since the anonymous family advertised their call for the £180,000 per year tutor, who must be "a uniquely qualified person".
In recent few weeks, the advert has attracted attention in the press, with several questioning why?
Forward-Thinking Method
The CEO, head and founder of an education consultancy, which is assisting the family in their quest, stated that in spite of initial doubt, he found the idea "far sighted", and "innovative".
When he met the family, he mentioned they understood the unconventional character of their demand, and how immature their son is.
But, they stated that they "didn't want to wait any longer" to get a tutor, as they had postponed until their elder sibling was five, and by that point "cultural conditioning had already become established".
But what did the family indicate by "cultural bias"?
It's "all-encompassing", he answered. "How you eat, how you speak".
He explained the firstborn had picked up "extremely delicate, body language" from the family, and had taken on their cultural norms. The family informed him they wished to avoid history to repeat itself with their infant.
The strategy: To engage a UK tutor, who needs to speak with Received Pronunciation, to guide the baby from the very start.
Natural Absorption
"A lot of the education at the beginning here is kind of osmotic," stated the CEO.
It's by means of this natural absorption that the family are expecting the child will acquire the English characteristics they want to cultivate.
The consultant noted the tutor must be somebody who studied at "the appropriate educational institutions – the same kinds of schools as the family hope to send their son to".
"The instructor just has to be the appropriate candidate, they'll be doing things they may not realize they're doing, effortlessly," he added.
Cost Not Relevant
The family explained to him the successful candidate should ideally also have understanding of or interest in equestrian activities, alpine skiing, the arts and instrumental training so as to influence the child in a broad spectrum of interests.
Furthermore though, he stated the family hoped the tutor to register the child on a range of lessons so the child would be "pony-riding and starting an musical instrument by the time they are approximately three years old".
In the family's view, guiding their son grow into a "English gentleman" will lead to achievement and provide access.
"Taking into account the advantages and disadvantages of that, because it's undoubtedly a class statement," he comments.
But, notwithstanding all this tutelage in "English culture", would the child adopt alleged cultural influence from the international family he resides with regardless?
"Absolutely", answered he. "The parents know this might not succeed, but they've just taken the perspective of, 'why not attempt it and we'll proceed as soon as we can', because the cost of it is not a concern," he said.
Impractical
There are some in the education sector who express those doubts.
Peter Cui, CEO and founder of a tutoring service, who provides individual instructors, wrote that "the journey of embracing two identities, or actually, forming one's identity, is something that must be grown into, not designed."
The expert wrote that he had relocated from Asia to the UK at the time of seven, and had been educated experiencing and embodying both cultures. He progressed to learn at Cambridge University.
"The notion that an individual can act as a representation of Britishness, a person who can possibly transfer the characteristics of a UK sophisticate upon a one-year-old child, seems to me idealistic and unrealistic," he commented.
"Based on my background, engaging a quintessentially English tutor from babyhood will not necessarily create the result they hope for.
"I did not have such a tutor, and however I have been fortunate enough to experience numerous of the opportunities they hope for their son."
He continued: "The reality is, self-identity should not be imposed from the outside; it must be selected, and it must be internally driven."
Acquiring Englishness
Naturally, UK identity is something the expert believes can be taught – and marketed.
"I think the fact that the international society regards us in this respect is something that we should be cherishing|valuing|appreciating
