"A family based in the northern part of London seeks an remarkable and skilled tutor to assist their most junior child on his early path to turning into an English gentleman."
Upon seeing this advertisement, you might naturally skip the term "beginning" as simple figurative language.
Yet, it could be the most significant aspect of this unique job advert, as it seeks to recruit a teacher for a 12-month-old.
Many of submissions have already been submitted since the unidentified family posted their call for the highly paid tutor, who has to be "a uniquely qualified person".
During the past few weeks, the advert has attracted interest throughout the press, with several asking why?
Innovative Idea
Adam Caller, chief executive of Tutors International, which is supporting the family in their search, stated that in spite of first skepticism, he viewed the idea "far sighted", and "innovative".
When he consulted the family, he mentioned they appreciated the unusual character of their requirement, and how immature their son is.
Nevertheless, they stated that they "preferred not to postpone any longer" to get a tutor, as they had held off until their older child was five, and by that point "cultural influence had by then set in".
What exactly does the family refer to by "cultural leaning"?
It's "comprehensive", Adam answered. "The manner you eat, the manner you speak".
He stated the elder child had absorbed "really subtle, non-verbal cues" from the family, and had taken on their cultural ways. The family told him they hoped to prevent this pattern to happen again with their infant.
The plan: To hire a British tutor, who must speak with Received Pronunciation, to shape the baby right from the beginning.
Osmotic Learning
"A lot of the development at the outset here is somewhat osmotic," stated the CEO.
It's through this natural absorption that the family are expecting the child will adopt the UK customs they want to instil.
He explained the tutor had to be an individual who attended "prestigious academies – similar types of schools as the family plan to send their son to".
"The instructor just has to be the right kind of person, they'll be carrying out things they may not realize they're doing, effortlessly," he added.
Cost Not Relevant
The family told the expert the selected educator should preferably also have familiarity of or interest in horse riding, winter sports, creative fields and musical activities so as to influence the child in a diverse set of passions.
Furthermore though, he explained the family wanted the tutor to register the child on a range of courses so the child would be "equestrian training and learning an musical instrument by the time they are around three years old".
In the family's perspective, helping their son become a "UK sophisticate" will lead to achievement and provide access.
"Taking into account the advantages and disadvantages of that, because it's definitely a social class indicator," he adds.
But, in spite of all this tutelage in "UK identity", would the child adopt what is termed cultural influence from the globally influenced family he lives with in any case?
"Yes", replied Adam. "The family realize this could fail, but they've merely embraced the perspective of, 'we should try and we'll proceed as quickly as we can', because the expense of it is not a concern," he explained.
Impractical
Several in the education sector who have those reservations.
Another CEO, chief executive of a tutoring service, who also offer individual instructors, stated that "the development of adopting dual cultures, or in fact, becoming oneself, is something that must be grown into, not designed."
The expert noted that he had moved from China to the UK at the age of seven, and had been raised experiencing and practicing both cultures. He went on to learn at the University of Cambridge.
"The notion that a single person can function as a living vessel of UK identity, someone who can possibly transfer the characteristics of a British gentleman upon a infant child, strikes me as optimistic and unrealistic," he wrote.
"In my experience, having a distinctly British tutor from babyhood will not necessarily achieve the result they hope for.
"I never had such a tutor, and however I have been privileged enough to enjoy many of the opportunities they desire for their son."
He stated: "The fact is, self-identity cannot be imposed from the outside influences; it must be embraced, and it must originate internally."
Buying Britishness
Naturally, UK identity is something Adam hopes can be instructed – and commercialized.
"I think the situation that the international society views us in this respect is something that we should be cherishing|valuing|appreciating
