"Parents based in the northern part of London wants to find an remarkable and experienced tutor to assist their most junior child on his first steps to growing into an English gentleman."
Looking at this advertisement, you might easily skip the term "beginning" as simple figurative language.
But, it may be the most significant part of this unique position posting, as it attempts to find a teacher for a one-year-old.
Many of submissions have now been submitted since the unnamed family posted their request for the £180,000 per year tutor, who has to be "an exceptional individual".
During the past few weeks, the listing has gained attention in the press, with many wondering why?
Forward-Thinking Method
The CEO, head and founder of an education consultancy, which is assisting the family in their hunt, explained that notwithstanding first scepticism, he found the plan "visionary", and "advanced".
When he met the family, he said they appreciated the unconventional character of their demand, and how early in age their son is.
Nevertheless, they stated that they "didn't want to wait any longer" to get a tutor, as they had held off until their elder sibling was five, and by that age "cultural bias had by then become established".
But what does the family refer to by "cultural leaning"?
It's "all-encompassing", Adam replied. "The way you eat, how you speak".
He stated the elder child had picked up "extremely delicate, unspoken signals" from the family, and had assumed their cultural norms. The family informed Adam they wished to avoid history to recur with their new baby.
The plan: To engage a English tutor, who needs to speak with RP, to guide the baby from the very start.
Osmotic Learning
"A lot of the learning at the outset here is rather absorbed naturally," explained the expert.
It's through this natural absorption that the family are hoping the child will adopt the British traits they want to impart.
The consultant noted the tutor needed to be someone who attended "the appropriate educational institutions – the same kinds of schools as the family aspire to send their son to".
"The educator just has to be the suitable individual, they'll be carrying out things they aren't even aware they're doing, just naturally," he added.
Expense Not a Factor
The family told him the selected educator should ideally also have familiarity of or interest in equestrian activities, winter sports, the arts and musical activities so as to inspire the child in a broad spectrum of hobbies.
More than that though, he stated the family wanted the tutor to enrol the child on a selection of courses so the child would be "pony-riding and learning an musical instrument by the time they are about three years old".
In the family's perspective, assisting their son become a "British gentleman" will lead to accomplishment and provide access.
"Considering the advantages and disadvantages of that, because it's certainly a status symbol," he comments.
But, in spite of all this guidance in "UK identity", would the child absorb what is termed cultural bias from the multicultural family he is raised by anyway?
"Yes", replied he. "The parents realize this could fail, but they've just taken the view of, 'we should try and we should start as early as we can', because the expense of it is irrelevant," he said.
Idealistic and Unrealistic
Several in the tutoring industry who express those doubts.
Peter Cui, chief executive of an educational organization, who also offer individual instructors, stated that "the journey of embracing two identities, or actually, discovering oneself, is something that must be grown into, not designed."
The expert noted that he had moved from China to the United Kingdom at the time of 7 years old, and had been educated knowing and practicing dual heritages. He went on to study at the University of Cambridge.
"The notion that one individual can serve as a embodiment of Britishness, a person who can possibly impart the attributes of a English gentleman to a infant child, strikes me as idealistic and unfeasible," he wrote.
"From my perspective, having a distinctly UK tutor from babyhood will does not necessarily achieve the goal they desire.
"I never had that kind of mentor, and however I have been lucky enough to experience many of the situations they hope for their son."
He added: "The reality is, personal identity should not be imposed from the external environment; it must be chosen, and it must be internally driven."
Purchasing UK Culture
Naturally, UK identity is something the expert thinks can be instructed – and sold.
"In my view the situation that the international society views us in this respect is something that we should be cherishing|valuing|appreciating
