"A family located in the northern part of London seeks an remarkable and skilled instructor to guide their most junior child on his first steps to growing into an English gentleman."
Looking at this post, you might easily skip the term "first-steps" as simple a turn of phrase.
But, it might be the crucial part of this unique position posting, as it seeks to hire a tutor for a infant.
Many of applications have since been sent in since the anonymous family published their request for the highly paid tutor, who must be "an exceptional individual".
During the past few weeks, the listing has gained interest throughout the media, with several asking why?
Progressive Approach
The CEO, head and founder of an education consultancy, which is assisting the family in their quest, explained that notwithstanding initial doubt, he found the concept "forward-looking", and "progressive".
When he consulted the family, he mentioned they understood the unusual nature of their request, and how young their son is.
However, they clarified that they "preferred not to postpone any longer" to engage a tutor, as they had waited until their older child was five, and by that stage "cultural conditioning had by then set in".
But what did the family indicate by "cultural predisposition"?
It's "everything", the expert answered. "The way you eat, the way you speak".
He stated the firstborn had picked up "very nuanced, unspoken signals" from the family, and had adopted their cultural habits. The family told Adam they hoped to prevent this pattern to happen again with their infant.
The plan: To bring in a British tutor, who needs to speak with RP, to shape the baby from the very start.
Natural Absorption
"A great deal of the learning at the outset here is rather acquired indirectly," said Adam.
It's through this natural absorption that the family are expecting the child will acquire the British traits they want to instil.
Adam noted the tutor needed to be somebody who went to "prestigious academies – the same kinds of schools as the family hope to send their son to".
"The instructor must be the appropriate candidate, they'll be doing things they don't even know they're doing, just naturally," he said.
Money No Object
The family explained to him the selected educator should preferably also have knowledge of or passion in riding, alpine skiing, creative fields and music so as to inspire the child in a wide range of passions.
More than that though, he said the family desired the tutor to enrol the child on a range of classes so the child would be "horseback riding and picking up an instrument by the time they are around three years old".
In the family's perspective, guiding their son grow into a "British gentleman" will result in success and open doors.
"Taking into account the pros and cons of that, because it's undoubtedly a class statement," he adds.
Yet, notwithstanding all this instruction in "UK identity", might the child absorb alleged cultural bias from the globally influenced family he lives with regardless?
"Certainly", said he. "They realize this could fail, but they've simply adopted the attitude of, 'why not attempt it and let's go as soon as we can', because the price of it is irrelevant," he explained.
Impractical
A number of in the education sector who express those concerns.
Another CEO, chief executive of a tutoring service, who also offer individual instructors, commented that "the process of embracing two identities, or actually, discovering oneself, is something that must be lived into, not manufactured."
Peter wrote that he had emigrated from Asia to the UK at the period of seven, and had been raised understanding and embodying two backgrounds. He progressed to be educated at the University of Cambridge.
"The idea that one individual can serve as a living vessel of Britishness, someone who can somehow impart the attributes of a British gentleman upon a 12-month-old child, seems to me naive and unrealistic," he stated.
"In my experience, engaging a distinctly UK tutor from infancy will will not automatically produce the outcome they desire.
"I wasn't provided with that kind of mentor, and however I have been fortunate enough to enjoy several of the opportunities they aspire for their son."
He added: "The reality is, self-identity cannot be forced from the external environment; it must be selected, and it must be internally driven."
Acquiring Englishness
Of course, Britishness is something the CEO believes can be taught – and commercialized.
"I believe the situation that the global community holds us in this light is something that we should be cherishing|valuing|appreciating
