"A family based in north London wants to find an remarkable and qualified tutor to assist their most junior child on his first steps to becoming an British gentleman."
Looking at this advertisement, you might naturally miss the term "first-steps" as just a turn of phrase.
However, it may be the most significant part of this unique job advert, as it seeks to hire a tutor for a one-year-old.
Hundreds of applications have since been sent in since the unnamed family advertised their search for the £180k-a-year tutor, who must be "a uniquely qualified person".
During the past few weeks, the listing has gained notice throughout the news, with numerous wondering why?
Forward-Thinking Method
A tutoring expert, head and founder of a global tutoring firm, which is supporting the family in their hunt, stated that notwithstanding initial scepticism, he viewed the plan "visionary", and "innovative".
When he consulted the family, he said they recognized the unusual nature of their demand, and how immature their son is.
But, they stated that they "were unwilling to delay any longer" to engage a tutor, as they had waited until their elder sibling was five, and by that stage "cultural bias had already taken hold".
What precisely does the family refer to by "cultural leaning"?
It's "comprehensive", the expert replied. "How you eat, how you speak".
He stated the firstborn had absorbed "very nuanced, non-verbal cues" from the family, and had taken on their cultural ways. The family explained to Adam they wished to avoid this pattern to happen again with their infant.
The strategy: To hire a UK tutor, who needs to speak with Received Pronunciation, to guide the baby from day one.
Osmotic Learning
"A great deal of the development at the beginning here is kind of osmotic," said the expert.
It's through this subtle influence that the family are expecting the child will pick up the British traits they wish to impart.
Adam said the tutor needed to be someone who studied at "prestigious academies – comparable categories of schools as the family hope to send their son to".
"The educator simply needs to be the right kind of person, they'll be performing things they aren't even aware they're doing, simply by nature," he said.
Money No Object
The family told Adam the chosen tutor should ideally also have familiarity of or interest in riding, alpine skiing, creative fields and instrumental training so as to influence the child in a wide range of hobbies.
Additionally though, he stated the family desired the tutor to sign up the child on a range of classes so the child would be "horseback riding and starting an tool by the time they are around three years old".
In the family's perspective, helping their son grow into a "English gentleman" will bring about accomplishment and open doors.
"Taking into account the advantages and disadvantages of that, because it's definitely a status symbol," he adds.
Yet, despite all this tutelage in "UK identity", might the child adopt so-called cultural influence from the globally influenced family he resides with anyway?
"Yes", answered Adam. "The parents understand this could fail, but they've merely embraced the view of, 'we should try and let's go as quickly as we can', because the expense of it is not relevant," he explained.
Idealistic and Unrealistic
There are some in the tutoring industry who share similar doubts.
Another CEO, CEO and founder of a tutoring service, who also offer personal educators, wrote that "the development of embracing two identities, or in fact, becoming oneself, is something that must be experienced personally, not manufactured."
He noted that he had relocated from Asia to the Britain at the period of 7 years old, and had been brought up knowing and practicing both cultures. He continued to study at a prestigious UK institution.
"The idea that one individual can function as a representation of English culture, an individual who can in some way impart the attributes of a British gentleman upon a infant child, appears idealistic and unrealistic," he commented.
"Based on my background, having a quintessentially English tutor from babyhood will will not automatically achieve the result they hope for.
"I wasn't provided with that kind of mentor, and nevertheless I have been fortunate enough to live several of the opportunities they hope for their son."
He added: "The fact is, personal identity cannot be dictated from the outside; it must be selected, and it must be internally driven."
Buying Britishness
Certainly, English culture is something the CEO hopes can be taught – and marketed.
"I believe the situation that the international society views us in this respect is something that we should be cherishing|valuing|appreciating
