"A family located in the northern part of London wants to find an exceptional and experienced educator to assist their youngest child on his first steps to becoming an British gentleman."
When reading this listing, you might readily overlook the phrase "initial stages" as mere figurative language.
But, it could be the most important aspect of this unusual position posting, as it aims to recruit a teacher for a 12-month-old.
Hundreds of submissions have since been received since the unidentified family posted their call for the highly paid tutor, who must be "someone very special".
In recent few weeks, the listing has attracted interest throughout the news, with many questioning why?
Forward-Thinking Method
A tutoring expert, chief executive of an education consultancy, which is assisting the family in their hunt, stated that in spite of early scepticism, he found the idea "forward-looking", and "advanced".
When he spoke with the family, he said they appreciated the atypical aspect of their demand, and how early in age their son is.
Nevertheless, they clarified that they "were unwilling to delay any longer" to hire a tutor, as they had held off until their older child was five, and by that stage "cultural influence had by then taken hold".
What precisely did the family indicate by "cultural bias"?
It's "all-encompassing", he responded. "The way you eat, the manner you speak".
He stated the elder child had picked up "extremely delicate, unspoken signals" from the family, and had assumed their cultural ways. The family told him they wished to avoid history to recur with their younger child.
The intention: To engage a British tutor, who needs to speak with RP, to guide the baby right from the beginning.
Subtle Influence
"A lot of the learning at the beginning here is somewhat absorbed naturally," stated the CEO.
It's through this natural absorption that the family are expecting the child will pick up the UK customs they want to impart.
The consultant said the tutor had to be someone who went to "the right kinds of schools – similar types of schools as the family hope to send their son to".
"The instructor must be the suitable individual, they'll be performing things they may not realize they're doing, effortlessly," he added.
Expense Not a Factor
The family explained to him the chosen tutor should ideally also have familiarity of or passion in horse riding, winter sports, artistic pursuits and music so as to inspire the child in a diverse set of interests.
Furthermore though, he said the family wanted the tutor to enrol the child on a variety of lessons so the child would be "horseback riding and starting an instrument by the time they are approximately three years old".
In the family's view, assisting their son develop into a "UK sophisticate" will bring about success and open doors.
"Considering the advantages and disadvantages of that, because it's certainly a class statement," he comments.
However, despite all this tutelage in "UK identity", might the child adopt alleged cultural bias from the globally influenced family he lives with regardless?
"Certainly", replied the CEO. "The parents realize this may not work, but they've just taken the attitude of, 'we should try and we'll proceed as quickly as we can', because the cost of it is not relevant," he explained.
Overly Optimistic
There are some in the private teaching field who have similar doubts.
Another CEO, CEO and founder of a tutoring service, who also offer private tutors, commented that "the journey of becoming bicultural, or indeed, discovering oneself, is something that must be grown into, not engineered."
The expert explained that he had relocated from China to the Britain at the period of seven, and had been brought up knowing and practicing two backgrounds. He progressed to learn at the University of Cambridge.
"The notion that one individual can act as a embodiment of English culture, a person who can possibly transplant the characteristics of a English gentleman onto a one-year-old child, appears naive and unrealistic," he wrote.
"Based on my background, having a typically British tutor from early childhood will will not instantly produce the goal they want.
"I wasn't provided with such a tutor, and yet I have been privileged enough to live numerous of the experiences they hope for their son."
He added: "The truth is, self-identity can not be dictated from the outside influences; it must be chosen, and it must be internally driven."
Purchasing UK Culture
Of course, UK identity is something the CEO believes can be educated – and sold.
"I believe the fact that the global community views us in this light is something that we should be cherishing|valuing|appreciating
