"Parents located in North London is looking for an remarkable and skilled tutor to support their youngest child on his early path to becoming an English gentleman."
Looking at this listing, you might naturally miss the phrase "initial stages" as just a turn of phrase.
But, it might be the most significant element of this distinctive job advert, as it seeks to find a mentor for a one-year-old.
Numerous of submissions have already been received since the anonymous family advertised their search for the highly paid tutor, who has to be "a uniquely qualified person".
Over the last few weeks, the listing has attracted interest in the media, with many wondering why?
Forward-Thinking Method
The CEO, chief executive of Tutors International, which is assisting the family in their hunt, stated that despite first scepticism, he found the plan "far sighted", and "advanced".
When he spoke with the family, he noted they understood the unconventional nature of their request, and how immature their son is.
But, they explained that they "preferred not to postpone any longer" to get a tutor, as they had postponed until their older child was five, and by that age "cultural conditioning had already set in".
What exactly did the family indicate by "cultural bias"?
It's "all-encompassing", the expert answered. "The way you eat, the manner you speak".
He stated the older sibling had absorbed "very nuanced, body language" from the family, and had taken on their cultural norms. The family told Adam they did not want history to happen again with their infant.
The strategy: To hire a English tutor, who should speak with Received Pronunciation, to shape the baby right from the beginning.
Subtle Influence
"A lot of the education at the beginning here is somewhat osmotic," explained Adam.
It's by means of this osmosis that the family are expecting the child will pick up the English characteristics they wish to instil.
The consultant noted the tutor needed to be an individual who studied at "prestigious academies – 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 carrying out things they don't even know they're doing, simply by nature," he commented.
Money No Object
The family explained to Adam the selected educator should ideally also have knowledge of or passion in riding, winter sports, the arts and musical activities so as to influence the child in a broad spectrum of passions.
Furthermore though, he explained the family desired the tutor to sign up the child on a variety of courses so the child would be "pony-riding and learning an musical instrument by the time they are approximately three years old".
In the family's minds, helping their son develop into a "UK sophisticate" will lead to accomplishment and open doors.
"Taking into account the advantages and disadvantages of that, because it's definitely a social class indicator," he adds.
Yet, in spite of all this tutelage in "UK identity", might the child pick up so-called cultural influence from the multicultural family he is raised by anyway?
"Certainly", answered Adam. "The family understand this might not succeed, but they've just taken the attitude of, 'let's give it a go and we'll proceed as soon as we can', because the expense of it is not relevant," he explained.
Overly Optimistic
There are some in the education sector who share those concerns.
An education leader, CEO and founder of an educational organization, who supplies personal educators, commented that "the journey of adopting dual cultures, or actually, discovering oneself, is something that must be grown into, not designed."
He noted that he had emigrated from China to the United Kingdom at the time of 7 years old, and had been raised knowing and living two backgrounds. He went on to be educated at a prestigious UK institution.
"The concept that a single person can serve as a living vessel of Britishness, someone who can possibly impart the characteristics of a English gentleman to a 12-month-old child, strikes me as idealistic and unfeasible," he stated.
"From my perspective, employing a quintessentially British tutor from early childhood will does not necessarily produce the goal they desire.
"I did not have that kind of mentor, and nevertheless I have been lucky enough to experience many of the situations they hope for their son."
He continued: "The truth is, personal identity cannot be forced from the outside influences; 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 believe the fact that the international society regards us in this regard is something that we should be cherishing|valuing|appreciating
