"Parents residing in the northern part of London wants to find an extraordinary and experienced tutor to guide their youngest child on his early path to turning into an British gentleman."
Looking at this post, you might easily miss the term "initial stages" as simple figurative language.
However, it might be the crucial aspect of this unusual job advert, as it seeks to recruit a tutor for a 12-month-old.
Many of applications have already been sent in since the unnamed family advertised their request for the £180k-a-year tutor, who has to be "someone very special".
Over the last few weeks, the post has gained notice across the press, with many wondering why?
Forward-Thinking Method
Adam Caller, CEO and founder of Tutors International, which is helping the family in their search, explained that in spite of initial doubt, he viewed the concept "far sighted", and "innovative".
When he met the family, he mentioned they understood the unusual character of their request, and how early in age their son is.
However, they stated that they "preferred not to postpone any longer" to engage a tutor, as they had waited until their elder sibling was five, and by that point "cultural conditioning had already become established".
But what did the family refer to by "cultural bias"?
It's "all-encompassing", he replied. "The way you eat, the manner you speak".
He said the elder child had absorbed "very nuanced, body language" from the family, and had taken on their cultural habits. The family informed the consultant they wished to avoid this pattern to happen again with their infant.
The intention: To hire a British tutor, who must speak with Received Pronunciation, to guide the baby from the very start.
Subtle Influence
"Much of the development at the outset here is kind of osmotic," stated the expert.
It's by means of this subtle influence that the family are aiming the child will pick up the UK customs they aim to cultivate.
He said the tutor had to be someone who attended "the appropriate educational institutions – comparable categories of schools as the family hope to send their son to".
"The educator just has to be the appropriate candidate, they'll be performing things they aren't even aware they're doing, simply by nature," he added.
Cost Not Relevant
The family told the expert the selected educator should ideally also have knowledge of or interest in horse riding, skiing, the arts and music so as to inspire the child in a diverse set of interests.
Furthermore though, he explained the family hoped the tutor to register the child on a selection 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 perspective, helping their son become a "UK sophisticate" will lead to accomplishment and create opportunities.
"For all the advantages and disadvantages of that, because it's certainly a status symbol," he notes.
However, despite all this guidance in "Britishness", would the child adopt alleged cultural influence from the multicultural family he resides with anyway?
"Yes", answered he. "The family understand this could fail, but they've merely embraced the view of, 'why not attempt it and we should start as soon as we can', because the cost of it is not a concern," he said.
Impractical
There are some in the tutoring industry who share similar concerns.
Peter Cui, CEO and founder of an educational organization, who provides personal educators, stated that "the process of embracing two identities, or in fact, forming one's identity, is something that must be grown into, not designed."
Peter noted that he had relocated from Asia to the United Kingdom at the age of childhood, and had been educated knowing and living both cultures. He continued to be educated at a prestigious UK institution.
"The idea that one individual can serve as a living vessel of English culture, an individual who can somehow transfer the characteristics of a UK sophisticate upon a 12-month-old child, appears naive and impractical," he wrote.
"In my experience, having a distinctly UK tutor from infancy will does not automatically produce the result they want.
"I wasn't provided with such a tutor, and however I have been fortunate enough to experience numerous of the opportunities they aspire for their son."
He stated: "The reality is, personal identity cannot be dictated from the external environment; it must be chosen, and it must come from within."
Buying Britishness
Certainly, English culture is something Adam hopes can be taught – and commercialized.
"I think the fact that the international society views us in this respect is something that we should be cherishing|valuing|appreciating
