"Parents based in North London is looking for an remarkable and qualified educator to assist their most junior child on his initial journey to turning into an British gentleman."
Upon seeing this advertisement, you might easily skip the term "beginning" as simple an expression.
But, it could be the most significant element of this unique job advert, as it seeks to hire a teacher for a infant.
Hundreds of submissions have now been submitted since the unnamed family posted their request for the highly paid tutor, who has to be "an exceptional individual".
Over the last few weeks, the post has attracted notice across the press, with several asking why?
Forward-Thinking Method
Adam Caller, chief executive of Tutors International, which is helping the family in their quest, stated that despite initial doubt, he found the concept "forward-looking", and "progressive".
When he spoke with the family, he said they understood the unconventional character of their requirement, and how immature their son is.
However, they clarified 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 influence had already taken hold".
What precisely does the family refer to by "cultural predisposition"?
It's "everything", he answered. "The manner you eat, how you speak".
He stated the firstborn had absorbed "very nuanced, unspoken signals" from the family, and had adopted their cultural ways. The family explained to Adam they hoped to prevent this pattern to happen again with their infant.
The plan: To hire a British tutor, who must speak with Received Pronunciation, to influence the baby from day one.
Osmotic Learning
"Much of the learning at the outset here is kind of acquired indirectly," stated the expert.
It's via this osmosis that the family are hoping the child will acquire the English characteristics they aim to cultivate.
He said the tutor had to be an individual who studied at "the right kinds of schools – similar types of schools as the family plan to send their son to".
"The tutor just has to be the right kind of person, they'll be carrying out things they aren't even aware they're doing, just naturally," he added.
Money No Object
The family explained to the expert the chosen tutor should ideally also have familiarity of or passion in riding, alpine skiing, artistic pursuits and musical activities so as to inspire the child in a diverse set of passions.
More than that though, he explained the family hoped the tutor to enrol the child on a selection of courses so the child would be "horseback riding and starting an instrument by the time they are around three years old".
In the family's minds, guiding their son grow into a "English gentleman" will result in achievement and open doors.
"Considering the pros and cons of that, because it's definitely a status symbol," he adds.
However, in spite of all this instruction in "Britishness", would the child pick up so-called cultural bias from the globally influenced family he lives with anyway?
"Absolutely", said Adam. "The parents realize this might not succeed, but they've merely embraced the view of, 'why not attempt it and we'll proceed as soon as we can', because the expense of it is not a concern," he explained.
Overly Optimistic
Several in the private teaching field who express similar concerns.
Another CEO, chief executive of Blue Education, who also offer private tutors, wrote that "the journey of adopting dual cultures, or in fact, discovering oneself, is something that must be grown into, not designed."
He wrote that he had relocated from China to the UK at the age of 7 years old, and had been brought up knowing and practicing two backgrounds. He continued to learn at the University of Cambridge.
"The idea that a single person can serve as a embodiment of Britishness, a person who can in some way transfer the qualities of a UK sophisticate onto a infant child, seems to me idealistic and unrealistic," he commented.
"From my perspective, employing a quintessentially UK tutor from babyhood will does not instantly achieve the outcome they desire.
"I wasn't provided with such a figure, and nevertheless I have been fortunate enough to live numerous of the situations they hope for their son."
He stated: "The truth is, self-identity can not be imposed from the outside; it must be selected, and it must come from within."
Acquiring Englishness
Naturally, English culture is something Adam thinks can be educated – and marketed.
"I think the fact that the global community views us in this respect is something that we should be cherishing|valuing|appreciating
