"A family located in north London wants to find an extraordinary and qualified instructor to support their most junior child on his early path to becoming an British gentleman."
Upon seeing this post, you might easily skip the term "initial stages" as mere an expression.
But, it might be the most important aspect of this unique position posting, as it attempts to hire a teacher for a one-year-old.
Numerous of submissions have since been received since the unnamed family posted their request for the £180,000 per year tutor, who must be "an exceptional individual".
In recent few weeks, the advert has gained interest across the news, with several asking why?
Forward-Thinking Method
Adam Caller, head and founder of a global tutoring firm, which is helping the family in their search, said that notwithstanding early scepticism, he considered the concept "far sighted", and "innovative".
When he met the family, he said they understood the unconventional nature of their request, and how immature their son is.
However, they stated that they "were unwilling to delay any longer" to engage a tutor, as they had postponed until their firstborn was five, and by that age "cultural conditioning had by then taken hold".
What precisely does the family mean by "cultural bias"?
It's "comprehensive", Adam answered. "How you eat, the manner you speak".
He explained the elder child had picked up "really subtle, unspoken signals" from the family, and had assumed their cultural habits. The family told Adam they hoped to prevent this pattern to recur with their infant.
The intention: To engage a UK tutor, who needs to speak with RP, to influence the baby right from the beginning.
Osmotic Learning
"A great deal of the learning at the outset here is kind of absorbed naturally," explained the expert.
It's via this natural absorption that the family are expecting the child will adopt the English characteristics they aim to instil.
The consultant said the tutor must be somebody who studied at "the appropriate educational institutions – the same kinds of schools as the family hope to send their son to".
"The tutor simply needs to be the suitable individual, they'll be doing things they aren't even aware they're doing, effortlessly," he added.
Expense Not a Factor
The family explained to the expert the selected educator should ideally also have knowledge of or enthusiasm in horse riding, alpine skiing, the arts and musical activities so as to shape the child in a wide range of passions.
Additionally though, he stated the family desired the tutor to sign up the child on a variety of lessons so the child would be "pony-riding and learning 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 bring about achievement and open doors.
"Considering the advantages and disadvantages of that, because it's certainly a status symbol," he adds.
But, despite all this tutelage in "UK identity", might the child adopt alleged cultural leaning from the international family he lives with anyway?
"Absolutely", said Adam. "The parents understand this could fail, but they've simply adopted the view of, 'we should try and let's go as quickly as we can', because the price of it is not a concern," he stated.
Idealistic and Unrealistic
There are some in the private teaching field who express these concerns.
Peter Cui, CEO and founder of an educational organization, who supplies individual instructors, wrote that "the development of adopting dual cultures, or in fact, forming one's identity, is something that must be grown into, not manufactured."
He wrote that he had emigrated from the Far East to the UK at the time of 7 years old, and had been educated experiencing and embodying both cultures. He went on to study at the University of Cambridge.
"The idea that an individual can function as a embodiment of UK identity, an individual who can somehow transfer the attributes of a UK sophisticate onto a 12-month-old child, appears naive and impractical," he wrote.
"From my perspective, employing a typically English tutor from babyhood will will not necessarily produce the goal they want.
"I did not have such a tutor, and however I have been fortunate enough to live many of the situations they aspire for their son."
He continued: "The reality is, cultural identity should not be forced from the outside; it must be chosen, and it must be internally driven."
Purchasing UK Culture
Certainly, English culture 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
