"Parents based in the northern part of London is looking for an extraordinary and experienced educator to support their most junior child on his initial journey to growing into an British gentleman."
Upon seeing this post, you might readily skip the phrase "first-steps" as simple an expression.
But, it may be the crucial part of this unique job advert, as it aims to hire a mentor for a infant.
Numerous of submissions have now been sent in since the unidentified family published their request for the £180,000 per year tutor, who must be "someone very special".
Over the last few weeks, the advert has attracted interest in the media, with several questioning why?
Forward-Thinking Method
A tutoring expert, head and founder of Tutors International, which is supporting the family in their search, stated that despite early doubt, he found the concept "visionary", and "innovative".
When he spoke with the family, he mentioned they understood the unconventional aspect of their requirement, and how young their son is.
But, they clarified that they "preferred not to postpone any longer" to hire a tutor, as they had held off until their elder sibling was five, and by that age "cultural conditioning had already taken hold".
But what did the family indicate by "cultural leaning"?
It's "everything", Adam responded. "How you eat, how you speak".
He stated the elder child had adopted "very nuanced, body language" from the family, and had assumed their cultural habits. The family told Adam they wished to avoid history to happen again with their new baby.
The strategy: To hire a British tutor, who must speak with standard English accent, to shape the baby right from the beginning.
Natural Absorption
"A great deal of the development at the outset here is kind of osmotic," stated the CEO.
It's by means of this osmosis that the family are expecting the child will adopt the British traits they wish to instil.
Adam said the tutor needed to be somebody who attended "prestigious academies – 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 aren't even aware they're doing, just naturally," he said.
Money No Object
The family explained to him the selected educator should preferably also have familiarity of or enthusiasm in riding, skiing, artistic pursuits and music so as to inspire the child in a wide range of hobbies.
More than that though, he said the family wanted the tutor to sign up the child on a range of courses so the child would be "pony-riding and starting an instrument by the time they are around three years old".
In the family's view, helping their son grow into a "UK sophisticate" will lead to achievement and open doors.
"Taking into account the pros and cons of that, because it's definitely a status symbol," he comments.
Yet, in spite of all this instruction in "English culture", would the child adopt what is termed cultural leaning from the international family he resides with regardless?
"Certainly", said the CEO. "The family know this might not succeed, but they've just taken the perspective of, 'we should try and let's go as soon as we can', because the expense of it is not a concern," he stated.
Impractical
There are some in the education sector who have similar concerns.
Another CEO, head and founder of a tutoring service, who supplies individual instructors, stated that "the development of adopting dual cultures, or actually, discovering oneself, is something that must be experienced personally, not engineered."
Peter noted that he had relocated from the Far East to the UK at the age of 7 years old, and had been raised understanding and embodying two backgrounds. He went on to study at the University of Cambridge.
"The idea that a single person can serve as a living vessel of English culture, an individual who can in some way impart the attributes of a English gentleman to a one-year-old child, appears naive and impractical," he commented.
"Based on my background, having a distinctly English tutor from babyhood will will not automatically produce the outcome they hope for.
"I never had such a figure, and nevertheless I have been privileged enough to live many of the experiences they aspire for their son."
He continued: "The reality is, personal identity cannot be imposed from the external environment; it must be selected, and it must come from within."
Buying Britishness
Naturally, English culture is something the CEO hopes can be instructed – and commercialized.
"I think the reality that the international society holds us in this light is something that we should be cherishing|valuing|appreciating
