"A household based in north London is looking for an remarkable and experienced tutor to support their most junior child on his first steps to turning into an British gentleman."
Looking at this advertisement, you might naturally skip the wording "beginning" as mere figurative language.
But, it may be the most important part of this distinctive job advert, as it attempts to hire a mentor for a 12-month-old.
Hundreds of submissions have since been received since the anonymous family published their request for the highly paid tutor, who needs to be "someone very special".
In recent few weeks, the post has received interest across the media, with many wondering why?
Forward-Thinking Method
A tutoring expert, head and founder of a global tutoring firm, which is supporting the family in their quest, stated that in spite of first skepticism, he found the plan "forward-looking", and "innovative".
When he met the family, he said they understood the unusual aspect of their demand, and how young their son is.
However, they clarified that they "were unwilling to delay any longer" to engage a tutor, as they had postponed until their older child was five, and by that stage "cultural influence had already taken hold".
But what does the family indicate by "cultural predisposition"?
It's "everything", Adam responded. "The way you eat, the manner you speak".
He said the older sibling had absorbed "very nuanced, unspoken signals" from the family, and had adopted their cultural ways. The family explained to the consultant they did not want the same situation to happen again with their infant.
The plan: To engage a UK tutor, who must speak with RP, to influence the baby from day one.
Natural Absorption
"A great deal of the education at the start here is kind of acquired indirectly," explained the expert.
It's by means of this osmosis that the family are hoping the child will pick up the English characteristics they wish to instil.
The consultant said the tutor needed to be an individual who attended "the appropriate educational institutions – comparable categories of schools as the family aspire to send their son to".
"The instructor simply needs to be the suitable individual, they'll be doing things they may not realize they're doing, effortlessly," he said.
Cost Not Relevant
The family informed the expert the chosen tutor should ideally also have familiarity of or enthusiasm in riding, skiing, the arts and music so as to influence the child in a wide range of interests.
More than that though, he explained the family wanted the tutor to sign up the child on a selection of courses so the child would be "horseback riding and learning an instrument by the time they are approximately three years old".
In the family's view, guiding their son develop into a "British gentleman" will lead to achievement and open doors.
"Taking into account the advantages and disadvantages of that, because it's undoubtedly a social class indicator," he notes.
Yet, notwithstanding all this instruction in "Britishness", would the child adopt what is termed cultural bias from the multicultural family he resides with anyway?
"Absolutely", said Adam. "They understand this may not work, but they've just taken the attitude of, 'let's give it a go and we should start as soon as we can', because the expense of it is not a concern," he explained.
Overly Optimistic
There are some in the education sector who express similar concerns.
Another CEO, head and founder of an educational organization, who supplies private tutors, wrote that "the development of adopting dual cultures, or in fact, discovering oneself, is something that must be lived into, not manufactured."
The expert noted that he had emigrated from the Far East to the Britain at the age of seven, and had been brought up experiencing and practicing dual heritages. He progressed to be educated at a prestigious UK institution.
"The idea that one individual can serve as a representation of UK identity, an individual who can in some way transplant the qualities of a British gentleman to a one-year-old child, seems to me optimistic and unrealistic," he commented.
"In my experience, employing a distinctly UK tutor from early childhood will will not automatically achieve the result they want.
"I wasn't provided with such a tutor, and however I have been privileged enough to enjoy several of the experiences they hope for their son."
He stated: "The truth is, cultural identity can not be imposed from the outside influences; it must be chosen, and it must come from within."
Purchasing UK Culture
Naturally, English culture is something the expert thinks can be instructed – and commercialized.
"I believe the fact that the international society holds us in this respect is something that we should be cherishing|valuing|appreciating
