"Parents residing in North London is looking for an exceptional and experienced educator to assist their youngest child on his early path to becoming an English gentleman."
Looking at this advertisement, you might naturally miss the wording "first-steps" as simple figurative language.
Yet, it may be the most significant aspect of this unusual job advert, as it seeks to hire a teacher for a one-year-old.
Numerous of responses have already been sent in since the unidentified family posted their request for the £180k-a-year tutor, who must be "someone very special".
During the past few weeks, the listing has gained notice in the media, with numerous wondering why?
Forward-Thinking Method
The CEO, chief executive of a global tutoring firm, which is assisting the family in their quest, stated that notwithstanding first doubt, he found the plan "visionary", and "innovative".
When he consulted the family, he said they appreciated the unconventional character of their demand, and how immature their son is.
But, they explained that they "were unwilling to delay any longer" to hire a tutor, as they had waited until their older child was five, and by that age "cultural influence had by then taken hold".
What precisely did the family indicate by "cultural predisposition"?
It's "all-encompassing", the expert answered. "The way 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 habits. The family told Adam they hoped to prevent this pattern to happen again with their younger child.
The strategy: To bring in a English tutor, who should speak with standard English accent, to influence the baby from the very start.
Osmotic Learning
"Much of the education at the beginning here is rather absorbed naturally," stated the expert.
It's through this subtle influence that the family are aiming the child will pick up the British traits they want to instil.
The consultant noted the tutor needed to be somebody who went to "the appropriate educational institutions – the same kinds of schools as the family plan to send their son to".
"The tutor just has to be the appropriate candidate, they'll be doing things they may not realize they're doing, simply by nature," he commented.
Money No Object
The family explained to Adam the successful candidate should ideally also have understanding of or interest in riding, skiing, the arts and music so as to influence the child in a diverse set of interests.
Additionally though, he explained the family desired the tutor to enrol the child on a variety of courses so the child would be "equestrian training and picking up an musical instrument by the time they are around three years old".
In the family's perspective, helping their son become a "English gentleman" will result in achievement and provide access.
"Considering the advantages and disadvantages of that, because it's definitely a status symbol," he adds.
But, notwithstanding all this guidance in "English culture", might the child pick up what is termed cultural bias from the globally influenced family he resides with anyway?
"Yes", answered he. "The family realize this may not work, but they've merely embraced the view of, 'why not attempt it and we should start as quickly as we can', because the cost of it is not relevant," he stated.
Impractical
There are some in the tutoring industry who have those concerns.
Peter Cui, CEO and founder of an educational organization, who provides private tutors, commented that "the development of becoming bicultural, or actually, discovering oneself, is something that must be lived into, not designed."
Peter wrote that he had moved from Asia to the UK at the age of 7 years old, and had been brought up experiencing and living two backgrounds. He went on to study at a prestigious UK institution.
"The concept that an individual can function as a representation of English culture, an individual who can somehow transplant the attributes of a UK sophisticate onto a one-year-old child, appears naive and unfeasible," he wrote.
"Based on my background, employing a typically British tutor from infancy will not automatically produce the outcome they hope for.
"I never had that kind of mentor, and nevertheless I have been privileged enough to live numerous of the experiences they aspire for their son."
He continued: "The truth is, self-identity should not be imposed from the outside; it must be chosen, and it must come from within."
Buying Britishness
Of course, Britishness is something the CEO thinks can be educated – and marketed.
"In my view the fact that the international society regards us in this respect is something that we should be cherishing|valuing|appreciating
