"Parents residing in the northern part of London seeks an extraordinary and qualified tutor to support their most junior child on his first steps to turning into an British gentleman."
Upon seeing this post, you might naturally skip the phrase "initial stages" as mere a turn of phrase.
But, it may be the crucial element of this unusual job advert, as it aims to find a teacher for a 12-month-old.
Numerous of responses have now been sent in since the anonymous family published their call for the highly paid tutor, who has to be "someone very special".
Over the last few weeks, the listing has attracted interest across the media, with many questioning why?
Innovative Idea
Adam Caller, chief executive of Tutors International, which is helping the family in their hunt, stated that despite first skepticism, he found the concept "forward-looking", and "advanced".
When he met the family, he noted they appreciated the atypical nature of their request, and how young their son is.
Nevertheless, they clarified that they "didn't want to wait any longer" to hire a tutor, as they had postponed until their older child was five, and by that stage "cultural influence had already taken hold".
What exactly did the family mean by "cultural predisposition"?
It's "all-encompassing", the expert replied. "The way you eat, the way you speak".
He stated the older sibling had picked up "really subtle, non-verbal cues" from the family, and had assumed their cultural ways. The family explained to the consultant they wished to avoid this pattern to happen again with their new baby.
The plan: To bring in a English tutor, who must speak with RP, to shape the baby from the very start.
Subtle Influence
"Much of the development at the beginning here is kind of absorbed naturally," explained Adam.
It's by means of this natural absorption that the family are expecting the child will adopt the English characteristics they wish to impart.
He noted the tutor needed to be somebody who went to "the appropriate educational institutions – comparable categories of schools as the family hope to send their son to".
"The tutor just has to be the right kind of person, they'll be doing things they aren't even aware they're doing, simply by nature," he added.
Money No Object
The family explained to Adam the successful candidate should ideally also have familiarity of or passion in equestrian activities, alpine skiing, the arts and musical activities so as to shape the child in a diverse set of hobbies.
Additionally though, he explained the family desired the tutor to enrol the child on a range of classes so the child would be "equestrian training and picking up an instrument by the time they are about three years old".
In the family's perspective, guiding their son become a "English gentleman" will result in success and open doors.
"Taking into account the advantages and disadvantages of that, because it's certainly a status symbol," he adds.
But, notwithstanding all this tutelage in "Britishness", would the child absorb alleged cultural bias from the globally influenced family he is raised by in any case?
"Certainly", replied Adam. "The family understand this could fail, but they've merely embraced the attitude of, 'why not attempt it and we'll proceed as quickly as we can', because the cost of it is not a concern," he explained.
Idealistic and Unrealistic
Several in the tutoring industry who have similar concerns.
Peter Cui, CEO and founder of a tutoring service, who supplies individual instructors, stated that "the process of embracing two identities, or actually, discovering oneself, is something that must be lived into, not manufactured."
Peter explained that he had relocated from China to the Britain at the time of childhood, and had been raised understanding and practicing two backgrounds. He went on to be educated at Cambridge University.
"The idea that a single person can act as a embodiment of UK identity, a person who can in some way transplant the characteristics of a British gentleman to a 12-month-old child, appears naive and impractical," he wrote.
"Based on my background, employing a typically UK tutor from early childhood will not instantly produce the goal they desire.
"I wasn't provided with such a tutor, and yet I have been fortunate enough to enjoy several of the experiences they hope for their son."
He continued: "The fact is, personal identity cannot be imposed from the outside influences; it must be chosen, and it must come from within."
Buying Britishness
Of course, Britishness is something Adam hopes can be educated – and commercialized.
"I think the fact that the world holds us in this respect is something that we should be cherishing|valuing|appreciating
