"Parents based in the northern part of London seeks an exceptional and qualified instructor to assist their youngest child on his early path to growing into an British gentleman."
Upon seeing this advertisement, you might naturally skip the phrase "first-steps" as mere a turn of phrase.
However, it might be the most significant part of this unusual position posting, as it aims to hire a teacher for a infant.
Hundreds of responses have now been sent in since the unidentified family posted their search for the £180k-a-year tutor, who must be "someone very special".
In recent few weeks, the post has gained notice across the press, with several asking why?
Forward-Thinking Method
The CEO, chief executive of a global tutoring firm, which is helping the family in their hunt, stated that in spite of early scepticism, he considered the concept "forward-looking", and "innovative".
When he consulted the family, he mentioned they understood the atypical nature of their request, and how early in age their son is.
Nevertheless, they stated that they "were unwilling to delay any longer" to engage a tutor, as they had held off until their firstborn was five, and by that age "cultural bias had already set in".
What precisely does the family indicate by "cultural predisposition"?
It's "comprehensive", he replied. "The way you eat, the manner you speak".
He explained the firstborn had absorbed "extremely delicate, body language" from the family, and had adopted their cultural ways. The family told the consultant they did not want this pattern to repeat itself with their younger child.
The intention: To bring in a British tutor, who needs to speak with standard English accent, to guide the baby right from the beginning.
Subtle Influence
"A great deal of the education at the outset here is rather acquired indirectly," said Adam.
It's through this subtle influence that the family are hoping the child will adopt the English characteristics they aim to instil.
Adam noted the tutor needed to be an individual who went to "prestigious academies – similar types of schools as the family aspire to send their son to".
"The tutor simply needs to be the right kind of person, they'll be doing things they may not realize they're doing, just naturally," he commented.
Cost Not Relevant
The family explained to the expert the chosen tutor should ideally also have understanding of or enthusiasm in horse riding, alpine skiing, creative fields and music so as to inspire the child in a broad spectrum of passions.
Additionally though, he said the family wanted the tutor to enrol the child on a variety of courses so the child would be "equestrian training and starting an tool by the time they are around three years old".
In the family's perspective, guiding 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 social class indicator," he adds.
However, notwithstanding all this tutelage in "English culture", could the child pick up so-called cultural influence from the globally influenced family he lives with anyway?
"Yes", said Adam. "The parents understand this could fail, but they've merely embraced the view of, 'let's give it a go and let's go as quickly as we can', because the expense of it is not a concern," he explained.
Impractical
A number of in the education sector who express similar concerns.
An education leader, head and founder of an educational organization, who provides private tutors, wrote that "the journey of becoming bicultural, or actually, discovering oneself, is something that must be grown into, not manufactured."
The expert wrote that he had relocated from China to the United Kingdom at the period of childhood, and had been brought up knowing and embodying dual heritages. He went on to study at Cambridge University.
"The idea that a single person 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 infant child, appears idealistic and unfeasible," he stated.
"Based on my background, having a quintessentially UK tutor from infancy will not instantly create the goal they desire.
"I never had that kind of mentor, and however I have been fortunate enough to experience several of the situations they aspire for their son."
He stated: "The reality is, cultural identity should not be dictated from the outside; it must be chosen, and it must come from within."
Purchasing UK Culture
Certainly, UK identity is something Adam thinks can be instructed – and commercialized.
"I think the reality that the international society views us in this respect is something that we should be cherishing|valuing|appreciating
