"A family residing in north London wants to find an extraordinary and qualified instructor to support their smallest child on his initial journey to growing into an English gentleman."
Looking at this post, you might naturally overlook the wording "beginning" as just figurative language.
Yet, it may be the most important element of this unique employment listing, as it seeks to find a mentor for a one-year-old.
Hundreds of applications have since been sent in since the unnamed family posted their search for the £180,000 per year tutor, who needs to be "an exceptional individual".
During the past few weeks, the listing has gained interest in the media, with several asking why?
Forward-Thinking Method
The CEO, chief executive of an education consultancy, which is assisting the family in their quest, explained that notwithstanding initial scepticism, he considered the concept "far sighted", and "progressive".
When he spoke with the family, he mentioned they appreciated the unusual character of their request, and how immature their son is.
However, they explained 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 influence had by then taken hold".
But what does the family refer to by "cultural bias"?
It's "all-encompassing", the expert replied. "The manner you eat, how you speak".
He explained the older sibling had absorbed "really subtle, body language" from the family, and had taken on their cultural norms. The family told him they did not want the same situation to happen again with their younger child.
The intention: To bring in a English tutor, who should speak with standard English accent, to influence the baby from day one.
Osmotic Learning
"A lot of the development at the start here is somewhat absorbed naturally," explained the CEO.
It's through this natural absorption that the family are hoping the child will acquire the British traits they want to instil.
The consultant said the tutor had to be somebody who went to "prestigious academies – the same kinds of schools as the family aspire to send their son to".
"The tutor must be the appropriate candidate, they'll be doing things they don't even know they're doing, simply by nature," he added.
Expense Not a Factor
The family told the expert the selected educator should preferably also have familiarity of or enthusiasm in equestrian activities, winter sports, artistic pursuits and music so as to influence the child in a wide range of passions.
More than that though, he stated the family wanted the tutor to sign up the child on a variety of lessons so the child would be "equestrian training and starting an tool by the time they are about three years old".
In the family's view, assisting their son grow into a "English gentleman" will lead to success and provide access.
"Considering the rights and wrongs of that, because it's undoubtedly a social class indicator," he notes.
Yet, despite all this tutelage in "Britishness", could the child pick up so-called cultural bias from the multicultural family he lives with in any case?
"Absolutely", answered the CEO. "The parents understand this might not succeed, but they've just taken the view of, 'let's give it a go and let's go as early as we can', because the cost of it is not relevant," he stated.
Overly Optimistic
A number of in the education sector who express these concerns.
Peter Cui, head and founder of an educational organization, who supplies individual instructors, stated that "the development of becoming bicultural, or in fact, discovering oneself, is something that must be grown into, not engineered."
The expert wrote that he had moved from Asia to the UK at the period of seven, and had been educated experiencing and embodying two backgrounds. He continued to be educated at the University of Cambridge.
"The notion that a single person can function as a living vessel of English culture, a person who can in some way impart the characteristics of a English gentleman to a 12-month-old child, appears optimistic and impractical," he commented.
"In my experience, having a typically UK tutor from infancy will will not instantly produce the goal they want.
"I never had such a tutor, and however I have been lucky enough to experience many of the opportunities they aspire for their son."
He continued: "The truth is, personal identity can not be imposed from the external environment; it must be embraced, and it must come from within."
Buying Britishness
Of course, English culture is something Adam believes can be taught – and commercialized.
"In my view the situation that the global community views us in this regard is something that we should be cherishing|valuing|appreciating
