"A family residing in the northern part of London wants to find an remarkable and experienced instructor to assist their smallest child on his initial journey to growing into an British gentleman."
Upon seeing this advertisement, you might naturally overlook the wording "initial stages" as simple figurative language.
Yet, it could be the crucial aspect of this unique position posting, as it attempts to hire a tutor for a one-year-old.
Many of submissions have now been sent in since the unnamed family advertised their search for the £180,000 per year tutor, who must be "someone very special".
In recent few weeks, the advert has received interest across the news, with several wondering why?
Forward-Thinking Method
Adam Caller, chief executive of Tutors International, which is helping the family in their quest, explained that despite initial skepticism, he found the idea "far sighted", and "progressive".
When he met the family, he mentioned they recognized the atypical nature of their request, and how immature their son is.
But, they explained that they "were unwilling to delay any longer" to get a tutor, as they had waited until their older child was five, and by that point "cultural influence had by then taken hold".
What exactly did the family mean by "cultural bias"?
It's "comprehensive", the expert answered. "The way you eat, the manner you speak".
He said the older sibling had adopted "really subtle, non-verbal cues" from the family, and had adopted their cultural norms. The family informed Adam they wished to avoid this pattern to recur with their new baby.
The intention: To hire a British tutor, who should speak with standard English accent, to influence the baby from day one.
Natural Absorption
"A lot of the development at the start here is rather acquired indirectly," explained Adam.
It's through this natural absorption that the family are expecting the child will adopt the English characteristics they wish to instil.
He said the tutor needed to be somebody who attended "prestigious academies – similar types of schools as the family aspire to send their son to".
"The educator just has to be the right kind of person, they'll be performing things they don't even know they're doing, effortlessly," he commented.
Money No Object
The family explained to the expert the chosen tutor should ideally also have familiarity of or enthusiasm in equestrian activities, skiing, the arts and instrumental training so as to shape the child in a diverse set of hobbies.
Furthermore though, he stated the family wanted the tutor to enrol the child on a variety of lessons so the child would be "pony-riding and learning an instrument by the time they are around three years old".
In the family's minds, guiding their son grow into a "British gentleman" will bring about success and create opportunities.
"Considering the rights and wrongs of that, because it's undoubtedly a class statement," he notes.
However, notwithstanding all this tutelage in "UK identity", would the child adopt alleged cultural influence from the multicultural family he lives with regardless?
"Certainly", answered the CEO. "The parents realize this may not work, but they've just taken the perspective of, 'let's give it a go and let's go as quickly as we can', because the expense of it is not relevant," he explained.
Impractical
A number of in the education sector who share these doubts.
An education leader, chief executive of a tutoring service, who also offer personal educators, stated that "the development of adopting dual cultures, or indeed, discovering oneself, is something that must be grown into, not designed."
Peter wrote that he had moved from China to the Britain at the age of 7 years old, and had been brought up knowing and practicing two backgrounds. He continued to learn at a prestigious UK institution.
"The notion that one individual can function as a embodiment of English culture, a person who can possibly transplant the characteristics of a British gentleman upon a 12-month-old child, appears idealistic and impractical," he wrote.
"In my experience, employing a quintessentially UK tutor from infancy will not automatically produce the goal they desire.
"I did not have such a figure, and however I have been lucky enough to experience numerous of the opportunities they desire for their son."
He continued: "The fact is, self-identity should not be imposed from the external environment; it must be selected, and it must be internally driven."
Acquiring Englishness
Of course, English culture is something the expert hopes can be instructed – and commercialized.
"I think the fact that the international society regards us in this respect is something that we should be cherishing|valuing|appreciating
