"A household residing in north London wants to find an remarkable and skilled educator to support their smallest child on his early path to becoming an English gentleman."
Upon seeing this post, you might naturally skip the phrase "initial stages" as mere a turn of phrase.
Yet, it may be the crucial part of this unique job advert, as it seeks to hire a teacher for a one-year-old.
Numerous of applications have since been submitted since the unidentified family advertised their call for the highly paid tutor, who needs to be "someone very special".
Over the last few weeks, the advert has received notice in the press, with many asking why?
Innovative Idea
Adam Caller, head and founder of a global tutoring firm, which is supporting the family in their hunt, said that despite early doubt, he considered the idea "visionary", and "progressive".
When he spoke with the family, he said they understood the atypical character of their demand, and how young their son is.
But, they clarified 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 age "cultural influence had already become established".
What exactly does the family mean by "cultural leaning"?
It's "everything", he answered. "How you eat, the way you speak".
He said the firstborn had absorbed "extremely delicate, body language" from the family, and had adopted their cultural ways. The family informed Adam they wished to avoid this pattern to happen again with their infant.
The intention: To engage a UK tutor, who must speak with standard English accent, to shape the baby from the very start.
Osmotic Learning
"Much of the learning at the beginning here is rather absorbed naturally," explained the CEO.
It's through this osmosis that the family are expecting the child will acquire the British traits they wish to cultivate.
The consultant noted the tutor needed to be someone who attended "prestigious academies – comparable categories of schools as the family aspire to send their son to".
"The instructor must be the appropriate candidate, they'll be performing things they may not realize they're doing, simply by nature," he commented.
Money No Object
The family informed him the successful candidate should ideally also have knowledge of or enthusiasm in equestrian activities, skiing, creative fields and music so as to inspire the child in a diverse set of passions.
Additionally though, he explained the family desired the tutor to enrol the child on a range of courses so the child would be "equestrian training and learning an instrument by the time they are about three years old".
In the family's view, guiding their son become a "British gentleman" will lead to achievement and open doors.
"For all the rights and wrongs of that, because it's definitely a class statement," he notes.
However, in spite of all this instruction in "UK identity", could the child absorb alleged cultural leaning from the globally influenced family he lives with anyway?
"Absolutely", said Adam. "The family realize this could fail, but they've simply adopted the attitude of, 'let's give it a go and we'll proceed as soon as we can', because the expense of it is not relevant," he said.
Impractical
There are some in the education sector who share similar reservations.
Another CEO, CEO and founder of Blue Education, who supplies personal educators, stated that "the process of adopting dual cultures, or actually, discovering oneself, is something that must be experienced personally, not designed."
Peter explained that he had relocated from the Far East to the Britain at the period of 7 years old, and had been educated understanding and practicing two backgrounds. He continued to study at the University of Cambridge.
"The idea that an individual can act as a embodiment of English culture, someone who can in some way impart the qualities of a UK sophisticate upon a 12-month-old child, strikes me as naive and unrealistic," he commented.
"Based on my background, employing a quintessentially English tutor from early childhood will not automatically produce the goal they want.
"I never had such a figure, and yet I have been fortunate enough to live several of the opportunities they hope for their son."
He continued: "The truth is, cultural identity should not be forced from the external environment; it must be embraced, and it must originate internally."
Purchasing UK Culture
Of course, Britishness is something the CEO thinks can be taught – and marketed.
"I believe the reality that the global community holds us in this light is something that we should be cherishing|valuing|appreciating
