"A household residing in North London wants to find an exceptional and experienced tutor to assist their smallest child on his initial journey to growing into an English gentleman."
Upon seeing this listing, you might naturally skip the wording "beginning" as simple an expression.
But, it might be the most important element of this unique job advert, as it aims to recruit a tutor for a 12-month-old.
Many of responses have now been received since the anonymous family posted their call for the £180k-a-year tutor, who needs to be "an exceptional individual".
During the past few weeks, the post has gained interest in the news, with many wondering why?
Innovative Idea
Adam Caller, head and founder of Tutors International, which is helping the family in their quest, stated that in spite of early scepticism, he considered the plan "visionary", and "advanced".
When he consulted the family, he mentioned they understood the atypical aspect of their demand, and how young their son is.
However, they stated that they "were unwilling to delay any longer" to hire a tutor, as they had waited until their firstborn was five, and by that stage "cultural bias had already become established".
What exactly does the family refer to by "cultural bias"?
It's "all-encompassing", he replied. "The manner you eat, the manner you speak".
He stated the older sibling had adopted "really subtle, unspoken signals" from the family, and had taken on their cultural ways. The family informed Adam they hoped to prevent the same situation to recur with their new baby.
The intention: To bring in a British tutor, who should speak with standard English accent, to guide the baby from the very start.
Subtle Influence
"A lot of the education at the beginning here is rather osmotic," stated the expert.
It's by means of this natural absorption that the family are hoping the child will acquire the UK customs they aim to instil.
Adam noted the tutor must be somebody who attended "prestigious academies – the same kinds of schools as the family hope to send their son to".
"The instructor simply needs to be the appropriate candidate, they'll be carrying out things they aren't even aware they're doing, just naturally," he commented.
Cost Not Relevant
The family informed the expert the successful candidate should ideally also have understanding of or interest in equestrian activities, winter sports, artistic pursuits and music so as to influence the child in a broad spectrum of passions.
Furthermore though, he explained the family wanted the tutor to sign up the child on a range of courses so the child would be "horseback riding and learning an tool by the time they are about three years old".
In the family's view, guiding their son develop into a "English gentleman" will bring about accomplishment and create opportunities.
"Considering the pros and cons of that, because it's certainly a status symbol," he notes.
However, despite all this tutelage in "English culture", might the child adopt so-called cultural bias from the multicultural family he lives with anyway?
"Yes", said the CEO. "The family understand this might not succeed, but they've merely embraced the attitude of, 'why not attempt it and we'll proceed as quickly as we can', because the price of it is not a concern," he explained.
Impractical
There are some in the education sector who express these concerns.
Another CEO, head and founder of an educational organization, who also offer private tutors, wrote that "the development of becoming bicultural, or in fact, forming one's identity, is something that must be lived into, not engineered."
He noted that he had moved from the Far East to the UK at the time of childhood, and had been brought up understanding and embodying two backgrounds. He continued to be educated at the University of Cambridge.
"The notion that one individual can function as a embodiment of English culture, an individual who can in some way impart the attributes of a British gentleman upon a 12-month-old child, seems to me idealistic and impractical," he commented.
"In my experience, engaging a typically UK tutor from early childhood will does not automatically create the goal they want.
"I did not have that kind of mentor, and however I have been privileged enough to live numerous of the situations they desire for their son."
He added: "The fact is, cultural identity can not be dictated from the outside influences; it must be chosen, and it must come from within."
Buying Britishness
Of course, Britishness is something the CEO hopes can be instructed – and commercialized.
"I believe the reality that the global community regards us in this respect is something that we should be cherishing|valuing|appreciating
