"A household residing in North London wants to find an exceptional and qualified educator to support their youngest child on his initial journey to growing into an English gentleman."
Upon seeing this post, you might readily overlook the wording "first-steps" as simple figurative language.
Yet, it may be the crucial part of this distinctive job advert, as it seeks to find a mentor for a one-year-old.
Hundreds of responses have now been received since the unnamed family published their call for the highly paid tutor, who must be "an exceptional individual".
Over the last few weeks, the listing has gained attention in the press, with numerous questioning why?
Innovative Idea
The CEO, chief executive of Tutors International, which is supporting the family in their hunt, said that despite early doubt, he found the concept "visionary", and "innovative".
When he consulted the family, he said they understood the unusual aspect of their request, and how immature their son is.
Nevertheless, they explained that they "were unwilling to delay any longer" to get a tutor, as they had postponed until their elder sibling was five, and by that point "cultural bias had already taken hold".
What precisely did the family refer to by "cultural leaning"?
It's "everything", the expert answered. "How you eat, the manner you speak".
He explained the older sibling had picked up "really subtle, non-verbal cues" from the family, and had assumed their cultural habits. The family told the consultant they did not want this pattern to happen again with their younger child.
The plan: To bring in a British tutor, who should speak with standard English accent, to guide the baby from the very start.
Natural Absorption
"A great deal of the learning at the beginning here is rather acquired indirectly," stated Adam.
It's via this osmosis that the family are aiming the child will pick up the UK customs they wish to impart.
The consultant said the tutor must be an individual who studied at "the right kinds of schools – comparable categories of schools as the family aspire to send their son to".
"The tutor just has to be the appropriate candidate, they'll be performing things they may not realize they're doing, simply by nature," he commented.
Money No Object
The family told Adam the chosen tutor should preferably also have knowledge of or passion in riding, alpine skiing, artistic pursuits and musical activities so as to inspire the child in a broad spectrum of passions.
Furthermore though, he explained the family desired the tutor to sign up the child on a range of lessons so the child would be "horseback riding and learning an tool by the time they are approximately three years old".
In the family's minds, helping their son become a "English gentleman" will result in achievement and provide access.
"For all the advantages and disadvantages of that, because it's undoubtedly a class statement," he comments.
Yet, in spite of all this tutelage in "Britishness", would the child adopt alleged cultural leaning from the globally influenced family he is raised by regardless?
"Absolutely", answered the CEO. "The parents know this might not succeed, but they've merely embraced the attitude of, 'why not attempt it and let's go as early as we can', because the expense of it is not a concern," he stated.
Overly Optimistic
There are some in the private teaching field who share similar reservations.
An education leader, head and founder of an educational organization, who provides individual instructors, stated that "the process of adopting dual cultures, or in fact, becoming oneself, is something that must be experienced personally, not engineered."
The expert wrote that he had relocated from the Far East to the United Kingdom at the period of 7 years old, and had been raised knowing and living two backgrounds. He progressed to be educated at the University of Cambridge.
"The notion that an individual can act as a embodiment of Britishness, a person who can somehow transplant the attributes of a UK sophisticate to a infant child, seems to me optimistic and unfeasible," he wrote.
"Based on my background, engaging a quintessentially English tutor from babyhood will not automatically produce the goal they desire.
"I did not have that kind of mentor, and yet I have been fortunate enough to enjoy several of the situations they aspire for their son."
He added: "The reality is, self-identity can not be imposed from the outside influences; it must be chosen, and it must originate internally."
Buying Britishness
Of course, English culture is something the CEO hopes can be taught – and commercialized.
"In my view the fact that the world views us in this light is something that we should be cherishing|valuing|appreciating
