"A family based in the northern part of London wants to find an extraordinary and experienced instructor to support their youngest child on his early path to growing into an British gentleman."
Looking at this post, you might naturally miss the wording "first-steps" as simple an expression.
However, it could be the most significant part of this unusual employment listing, as it aims to hire a tutor for a one-year-old.
Many of applications have already been received since the unnamed family published their search for the £180,000 per year tutor, who must be "someone very special".
In recent few weeks, the listing has gained notice in the press, with several asking why?
Innovative Idea
The CEO, CEO and founder of Tutors International, which is supporting the family in their hunt, explained that notwithstanding early scepticism, he viewed the concept "far sighted", and "innovative".
When he met the family, he mentioned they understood the unconventional character of their request, and how early in age their son is.
However, they clarified that they "didn't want to wait any longer" to engage a tutor, as they had postponed until their elder sibling was five, and by that stage "cultural conditioning had already set in".
What exactly did the family refer to by "cultural bias"?
It's "all-encompassing", Adam answered. "The way you eat, how you speak".
He explained the older sibling had absorbed "extremely delicate, body language" from the family, and had adopted their cultural ways. The family explained to Adam they wished to avoid the same situation to recur with their new baby.
The intention: To bring in a UK tutor, who must speak with standard English accent, to influence the baby right from the beginning.
Natural Absorption
"A great deal of the learning at the start here is kind of acquired indirectly," stated the expert.
It's through this natural absorption that the family are aiming the child will adopt the British traits they aim to impart.
The consultant noted the tutor had to be someone who studied at "prestigious academies – comparable categories of schools as the family aspire to send their son to".
"The tutor just has to be the right kind of person, they'll be performing things they don't even know they're doing, just naturally," he commented.
Cost Not Relevant
The family informed the expert the chosen tutor should preferably also have understanding of or enthusiasm in riding, skiing, creative fields and music so as to influence the child in a wide range of interests.
Furthermore though, he stated the family desired the tutor to sign up the child on a variety of lessons so the child would be "equestrian training and starting an tool by the time they are approximately three years old".
In the family's perspective, helping their son grow into a "English gentleman" will bring about achievement and provide access.
"For all the pros and cons of that, because it's certainly a social class indicator," he adds.
But, in spite of all this instruction in "English culture", would the child absorb what is termed cultural influence from the globally influenced family he is raised by regardless?
"Yes", answered the CEO. "They know this could fail, but they've simply adopted the view of, 'why not attempt it and we'll proceed as soon as we can', because the price of it is not a concern," he explained.
Impractical
A number of in the education sector who share those concerns.
An education leader, CEO and founder of Blue Education, who provides private tutors, commented that "the development of becoming bicultural, or actually, discovering oneself, is something that must be experienced personally, not manufactured."
The expert explained that he had moved from the Far East to the United Kingdom at the time of childhood, and had been educated understanding and living dual heritages. He progressed to learn at Cambridge University.
"The notion that one individual can act as a living vessel of Britishness, someone who can possibly transfer the qualities of a English gentleman onto a 12-month-old child, appears naive and unfeasible," he stated.
"Based on my background, employing a quintessentially English tutor from babyhood will does not necessarily create the goal they desire.
"I wasn't provided with such a tutor, and however I have been privileged enough to enjoy several of the experiences they aspire for their son."
He added: "The fact is, personal identity can not be dictated from the outside influences; it must be chosen, and it must be internally driven."
Acquiring Englishness
Of course, English culture is something Adam hopes can be taught – and marketed.
"In my view the fact that the international society holds us in this respect is something that we should be cherishing|valuing|appreciating
