"Parents residing in north London wants to find an exceptional and skilled educator to support their most junior child on his initial journey to growing into an British gentleman."
When reading this post, you might easily miss the wording "first-steps" as simple figurative language.
Yet, it might be the most important element of this distinctive employment listing, as it seeks to recruit a teacher for a infant.
Hundreds of responses have already been received since the unnamed family published their call for the £180k-a-year tutor, who needs to be "a uniquely qualified person".
Over the last few weeks, the advert has attracted notice in the news, with many asking why?
Progressive Approach
The CEO, head and founder of Tutors International, which is helping the family in their hunt, said that in spite of initial skepticism, he viewed the concept "forward-looking", and "advanced".
When he consulted the family, he said they appreciated the unusual character of their demand, and how early in age their son is.
However, they explained that they "preferred not to postpone any longer" to engage a tutor, as they had waited until their firstborn was five, and by that age "cultural bias had already set in".
But what did the family refer to by "cultural predisposition"?
It's "everything", the expert responded. "The way you eat, the manner you speak".
He stated the firstborn had adopted "extremely delicate, non-verbal cues" from the family, and had taken on their cultural ways. The family explained to the consultant they hoped to prevent this pattern to repeat itself with their new baby.
The intention: To engage a British tutor, who should speak with Received Pronunciation, to shape the baby from the very start.
Osmotic Learning
"Much of the learning at the outset here is somewhat acquired indirectly," explained Adam.
It's via this subtle influence that the family are expecting the child will adopt the British traits they aim to instil.
Adam noted the tutor needed to be someone who went to "the right kinds of schools – comparable categories of schools as the family hope to send their son to".
"The tutor simply needs to be the appropriate candidate, they'll be performing things they don't even know they're doing, simply by nature," he said.
Money No Object
The family told Adam the chosen tutor should preferably also have familiarity of or interest in horse riding, alpine skiing, artistic pursuits and instrumental training so as to inspire the child in a wide range of interests.
Furthermore though, he explained the family hoped the tutor to sign up the child on a selection of courses so the child would be "horseback riding and starting an tool by the time they are approximately three years old".
In the family's view, guiding their son develop into a "British gentleman" will result in achievement and open doors.
"Taking into account the rights and wrongs of that, because it's certainly a status symbol," he adds.
But, notwithstanding all this tutelage in "Britishness", might the child pick up so-called cultural influence from the international family he resides with regardless?
"Absolutely", replied Adam. "The family know this might not succeed, but they've simply adopted the view of, 'why not attempt it and we should start as early as we can', because the expense of it is not a concern," he said.
Idealistic and Unrealistic
A number of in the education sector who share similar doubts.
Peter Cui, chief executive of a tutoring service, who also offer individual instructors, commented that "the journey of embracing two identities, or in fact, discovering oneself, is something that must be experienced personally, not designed."
The expert wrote that he had relocated from the Far East to the United Kingdom at the time of seven, and had been raised knowing and practicing two backgrounds. He progressed to study at a prestigious UK institution.
"The idea that one individual can function as a living vessel of UK identity, someone who can possibly transfer the attributes of a UK sophisticate onto a infant child, appears idealistic and unfeasible," he commented.
"In my experience, employing a typically UK tutor from early childhood will not instantly create the result they want.
"I never had such a tutor, and however I have been privileged enough to experience several of the situations they aspire for their son."
He continued: "The reality is, personal identity should not be dictated from the outside; it must be chosen, and it must be internally driven."
Purchasing UK Culture
Certainly, UK identity is something Adam thinks can be taught – and marketed.
"I think the fact that the world regards us in this regard is something that we should be cherishing|valuing|appreciating
