"Parents based in north London is looking for an extraordinary and experienced educator to guide their most junior child on his initial journey to growing into an English gentleman."
Looking at this post, you might naturally skip the phrase "beginning" as just a turn of phrase.
But, it may be the crucial part of this distinctive job advert, as it aims to hire a teacher for a 12-month-old.
Many of responses have already been submitted since the anonymous family published their search for the £180,000 per year tutor, who has to be "someone very special".
Over the last few weeks, the listing has gained notice in the press, with numerous wondering why?
Innovative Idea
A tutoring expert, CEO and founder of Tutors International, which is supporting the family in their search, stated that in spite of early scepticism, he viewed the plan "visionary", and "innovative".
When he spoke with the family, he noted they recognized the unusual aspect of their demand, and how immature their son is.
Nevertheless, they stated that they "were unwilling to delay any longer" to engage a tutor, as they had waited until their older child was five, and by that stage "cultural influence had by then taken hold".
But what did the family refer to by "cultural leaning"?
It's "comprehensive", Adam responded. "The manner you eat, how you speak".
He stated the elder child had picked up "extremely delicate, body language" from the family, and had adopted their cultural ways. The family informed the consultant they hoped to prevent the same situation to happen again with their younger child.
The intention: To bring in a English tutor, who must speak with RP, to influence the baby right from the beginning.
Osmotic Learning
"Much of the development at the start here is rather acquired indirectly," said Adam.
It's via this osmosis that the family are hoping the child will adopt the UK customs they wish to impart.
He said the tutor had to be somebody who studied at "the right kinds of schools – similar types of schools as the family aspire to send their son to".
"The tutor must be the suitable individual, they'll be doing things they may not realize they're doing, simply by nature," he said.
Cost Not Relevant
The family informed him the successful candidate should ideally also have familiarity of or interest in riding, skiing, creative fields and music so as to shape the child in a wide range of interests.
Furthermore though, he explained the family hoped the tutor to enrol the child on a variety of classes so the child would be "horseback riding and starting an musical instrument by the time they are around three years old".
In the family's view, assisting their son develop into a "UK sophisticate" will bring about achievement and provide access.
"Considering the rights and wrongs of that, because it's definitely a social class indicator," he notes.
But, despite all this guidance in "UK identity", might the child adopt what is termed cultural bias from the globally influenced family he resides with regardless?
"Absolutely", replied he. "The parents know this might not succeed, but they've simply adopted the perspective of, 'why not attempt it and let's go as quickly as we can', because the price of it is not a concern," he said.
Idealistic and Unrealistic
There are some in the education sector who have these concerns.
An education leader, head and founder of Blue Education, who provides personal educators, commented that "the journey of embracing two identities, or in fact, becoming oneself, is something that must be experienced personally, not engineered."
The expert explained that he had moved from Asia to the UK at the period of childhood, and had been educated knowing and embodying both cultures. He went on to study at a prestigious UK institution.
"The concept that an individual can serve as a living vessel of English culture, an individual who can in some way transfer the qualities of a UK sophisticate onto a one-year-old child, appears idealistic and impractical," he wrote.
"From my perspective, having a quintessentially UK tutor from early childhood will does not necessarily achieve the outcome they hope for.
"I did not have such a tutor, and yet I have been privileged enough to enjoy several of the situations they desire for their son."
He added: "The truth is, self-identity can not be dictated from the external environment; it must be chosen, and it must come from within."
Purchasing UK Culture
Certainly, English culture is something the expert thinks can be instructed – and marketed.
"I believe the reality that the global community regards us in this respect is something that we should be cherishing|valuing|appreciating
