"Parents located in the northern part of London seeks an extraordinary and skilled tutor to guide their smallest child on his first steps to becoming an British gentleman."
Upon seeing this post, you might naturally miss the wording "initial stages" as simple figurative language.
However, it may be the crucial element of this unusual job advert, as it attempts to hire a teacher for a one-year-old.
Hundreds of submissions have since been submitted since the unidentified family advertised their request for the £180k-a-year tutor, who has to be "a uniquely qualified person".
During the past few weeks, the listing has gained attention in the press, with several questioning why?
Innovative Idea
The CEO, CEO and founder of a global tutoring firm, which is assisting the family in their quest, said that despite initial skepticism, he found the concept "far sighted", and "advanced".
When he met the family, he said they understood the unconventional nature of their requirement, and how young their son is.
Nevertheless, they stated that they "preferred not to postpone any longer" to engage a tutor, as they had held off until their firstborn was five, and by that age "cultural bias had already become established".
What exactly did the family indicate by "cultural predisposition"?
It's "comprehensive", he replied. "How you eat, how you speak".
He said the elder child had adopted "extremely delicate, unspoken signals" from the family, and had adopted their cultural ways. The family told him they wished to avoid the same situation to recur with their new baby.
The strategy: To engage a UK tutor, who needs to speak with Received Pronunciation, to shape the baby from day one.
Natural Absorption
"Much of the development at the start here is kind of absorbed naturally," said Adam.
It's through this osmosis that the family are aiming the child will acquire the UK customs they aim to impart.
The consultant said the tutor needed to be an individual who attended "the right kinds of schools – comparable categories of schools as the family hope to send their son to".
"The instructor simply needs to be the suitable individual, they'll be doing things they aren't even aware 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 equestrian activities, winter sports, artistic pursuits and instrumental training so as to influence the child in a wide range of hobbies.
Additionally though, he stated the family hoped the tutor to sign up the child on a range of courses so the child would be "equestrian training and picking up an tool by the time they are around three years old".
In the family's minds, helping their son grow into a "British gentleman" will lead to accomplishment and create opportunities.
"Taking into account the rights and wrongs of that, because it's undoubtedly a class statement," he adds.
Yet, in spite of all this instruction in "UK identity", could the child adopt alleged cultural leaning from the globally influenced family he resides with regardless?
"Certainly", replied Adam. "The family understand this may not work, but they've simply adopted the attitude of, 'let's give it a go and let's go as quickly as we can', because the price of it is not relevant," he explained.
Idealistic and Unrealistic
There are some in the education sector who express those reservations.
An education leader, head and founder of an educational organization, who also offer individual instructors, commented that "the development of adopting dual cultures, or indeed, discovering oneself, is something that must be grown into, not manufactured."
He noted that he had moved from Asia to the UK at the time of seven, and had been raised experiencing and practicing two backgrounds. He went on to study at Cambridge University.
"The notion that one individual can act as a embodiment of Britishness, someone who can in some way transplant the characteristics of a British gentleman to a 12-month-old child, appears optimistic and impractical," he stated.
"Based on my background, having a typically UK tutor from infancy will not necessarily produce the goal they want.
"I never had that kind of mentor, and yet I have been fortunate enough to experience several of the situations they aspire for their son."
He stated: "The truth is, self-identity cannot be dictated from the outside influences; it must be selected, and it must come from within."
Buying Britishness
Certainly, Britishness is something the expert thinks can be taught – and sold.
"I believe the situation that the global community views us in this light is something that we should be cherishing|valuing|appreciating
