"A family based in north London wants to find an extraordinary and skilled instructor to support their most junior child on his early path to growing into an English gentleman."
Looking at this post, you might naturally miss the wording "initial stages" as mere an expression.
But, it could be the crucial aspect of this unique position posting, as it attempts to recruit a teacher for a 12-month-old.
Hundreds of applications have already been submitted since the anonymous family advertised their search for the £180,000 per year tutor, who must be "a uniquely qualified person".
Over the last few weeks, the advert has attracted attention across the media, with many asking why?
Innovative Idea
Adam Caller, chief executive of an education consultancy, which is supporting the family in their hunt, said that despite initial scepticism, he considered the concept "far sighted", and "progressive".
When he spoke with the family, he noted they understood the atypical aspect of their request, and how immature their son is.
Nevertheless, they stated that they "were unwilling to delay any longer" to hire a tutor, as they had waited until their elder sibling was five, and by that stage "cultural influence had by then set in".
What precisely did the family refer to by "cultural bias"?
It's "comprehensive", he responded. "The manner you eat, the manner you speak".
He said the older sibling had picked up "extremely delicate, non-verbal cues" from the family, and had adopted their cultural norms. The family explained to the consultant they did not want history to recur with their younger child.
The plan: To engage a UK tutor, who needs to speak with Received Pronunciation, to guide the baby from the very start.
Natural Absorption
"A great deal of the education at the beginning here is somewhat absorbed naturally," explained the CEO.
It's via this osmosis that the family are expecting the child will adopt the British traits they aim to instil.
The consultant said the tutor needed to be somebody who attended "prestigious academies – similar types of schools as the family aspire to send their son to".
"The instructor simply needs to be the right kind of person, they'll be carrying out things they don't even know they're doing, effortlessly," he added.
Expense Not a Factor
The family told the expert the chosen tutor should preferably also have knowledge of or enthusiasm in equestrian activities, skiing, the arts and musical activities so as to influence the child in a diverse set of hobbies.
More than that though, he said the family desired the tutor to sign up the child on a selection of lessons so the child would be "equestrian training and picking up an musical instrument by the time they are about three years old".
In the family's perspective, guiding their son develop into a "British gentleman" will lead to accomplishment and provide access.
"Taking into account the pros and cons of that, because it's certainly a social class indicator," he comments.
However, despite all this guidance in "UK identity", might the child adopt what is termed cultural influence from the globally influenced family he is raised by anyway?
"Yes", replied the CEO. "They understand this could fail, but they've simply adopted the perspective of, 'let's give it a go and let's go as quickly as we can', because the expense of it is not relevant," he explained.
Idealistic and Unrealistic
A number of in the private teaching field who express similar doubts.
An education leader, head and founder of an educational organization, who provides personal educators, commented that "the journey of embracing two identities, or in fact, discovering oneself, is something that must be lived into, not manufactured."
He noted that he had emigrated from the Far East to the Britain at the period of childhood, and had been educated experiencing and embodying dual heritages. He progressed to learn at Cambridge University.
"The concept that one individual can function as a embodiment of UK identity, an individual who can in some way transplant the attributes of a UK sophisticate onto a 12-month-old child, appears idealistic and impractical," he wrote.
"Based on my background, employing a quintessentially English tutor from infancy will will not automatically produce the result they hope for.
"I wasn't provided with such a figure, and nevertheless I have been lucky enough to live several of the experiences they aspire for their son."
He added: "The reality is, self-identity can not be dictated from the outside influences; it must be selected, and it must come from within."
Acquiring Englishness
Certainly, Britishness is something the expert thinks can be taught – and commercialized.
"I think the reality that the world views us in this light is something that we should be cherishing|valuing|appreciating
