"Parents residing in north London wants to find an extraordinary and experienced instructor to support their smallest child on his first steps to turning into an English gentleman."
Upon seeing this post, you might naturally miss the phrase "initial stages" as just figurative language.
But, it could be the crucial aspect of this distinctive job advert, as it seeks to find a mentor for a 12-month-old.
Hundreds of responses have now been sent in since the anonymous family advertised their call for the £180,000 per year tutor, who needs to be "an exceptional individual".
During the past few weeks, the listing has attracted attention in the media, with many asking why?
Progressive Approach
The CEO, chief executive of an education consultancy, which is supporting the family in their search, said that in spite of early doubt, he considered the concept "far sighted", and "advanced".
When he met the family, he noted they understood the unconventional nature of their demand, and how early in age their son is.
Nevertheless, they clarified that they "didn't want to wait any longer" to hire a tutor, as they had waited until their older child was five, and by that stage "cultural influence had already set in".
What exactly did the family mean by "cultural leaning"?
It's "all-encompassing", Adam answered. "The manner you eat, how you speak".
He explained the firstborn had adopted "extremely delicate, unspoken signals" from the family, and had assumed their cultural ways. The family told him they wished to avoid this pattern to repeat itself with their new baby.
The strategy: To bring in a UK tutor, who should speak with Received Pronunciation, to shape the baby right from the beginning.
Natural Absorption
"A lot of the learning at the outset here is kind of osmotic," explained Adam.
It's through this natural absorption that the family are expecting the child will adopt the English characteristics they wish to impart.
Adam said the tutor had to be an individual who attended "the appropriate educational institutions – comparable categories 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, just naturally," he said.
Expense Not a Factor
The family explained to Adam the selected educator should ideally also have understanding of or enthusiasm in riding, skiing, artistic pursuits and music so as to influence the child in a diverse set of passions.
Furthermore though, he said the family hoped the tutor to sign up the child on a range of lessons so the child would be "pony-riding and starting an instrument by the time they are about three years old".
In the family's minds, guiding their son develop into a "UK sophisticate" will lead to success and provide access.
"For all the advantages and disadvantages of that, because it's certainly a status symbol," he notes.
However, notwithstanding all this tutelage in "English culture", could the child absorb alleged cultural influence from the international family he resides with in any case?
"Absolutely", answered Adam. "The family realize this might not succeed, but they've merely embraced the perspective of, 'we should try and let's go as soon as we can', because the expense of it is not a concern," he stated.
Idealistic and Unrealistic
Several in the private teaching field who express these doubts.
Another CEO, head and founder of an educational organization, who also offer individual instructors, commented that "the journey of adopting dual cultures, or indeed, forming one's identity, is something that must be lived into, not designed."
The expert noted that he had emigrated from China to the Britain at the period of 7 years old, and had been raised understanding and embodying two backgrounds. He progressed to learn at a prestigious UK institution.
"The notion that an individual can act as a representation of UK identity, someone who can somehow impart the attributes of a British gentleman upon a one-year-old child, seems to me idealistic and unfeasible," he commented.
"Based on my background, engaging a quintessentially English tutor from infancy will will not necessarily produce the result they desire.
"I never had such a figure, and however I have been privileged enough to live numerous of the experiences they aspire for their son."
He continued: "The fact is, self-identity should not be imposed from the outside influences; it must be selected, and it must come from within."
Acquiring Englishness
Naturally, UK identity is something Adam believes can be instructed – and marketed.
"I think the fact that the international society views us in this respect is something that we should be cherishing|valuing|appreciating
