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Joseph Haynes

Joseph Haynes

Joseph is a specialist humanities tutor at Premier Tutors. At Cranbrook, he read Modern History (95/100), Ancient History (97/100), English (97/100) and Drama (99/100, 8th in NSW). He placed 1st in his candidature for both Modern History and Drama. An accomplished orator, Joseph was selected for the Lawrence Campbell Oratory Competition and was in the Cranbrook 1st team and a semi-finalist for the ISDA in both 2014 and 2013.

Results and qualifications

  • ATAR: 99.80
  • State Ranks: 8th in NSW for Drama
  • School: Cranbrook School (School Prefect)
  • University: University of Melbourne Arts/Law (National Achievement Scholarship)
  • Subjects: Modern History (95/100), Ancient History (97/100), English (97/100) and Drama (99/100, 8th in NSW)
  • Debating: Lawrence Campbell Oratory Competition, N E Stacy Memorial Prize for Speaking and Reading, Cranbrook Firsts Team 2019, ISDA (semi-finals 2014, 2013 and octos 2018 and 2019) and CAS
  • The L M Philips Prize for Modern History

Approach to tutoring

Joseph is dedicated to equipping students with the tools necessary to achieve academic excellence and is passionate about allowing them to discover their individuality. He has a highly personalised approach to tutoring and understands the necessity to adapt to each student’s distinctive qualities. Joseph initiates the tutorial process as follows for his students:

  • For students who are very driven and motivated, Joseph begins by allowing the student to identify what they want out of their study time and then sets regular focused goals to enable them to achieve this.
  • For students who seek more direct assistance from Joseph as to how they should structure their time and study, Joseph seeks to take initiative to guide them as much as possible in the approach that they should take.

His method comprises of regular feedback to set out for the student their strengths and weaknesses for every piece of work. Ultimately, Joseph strives for his students to enjoy their work, understanding that a positive relationship with one’s studies is key to developing deeper understanding of concepts and a greater commitment to improvement.

Biography

Joseph grew up in Bronte and Moore Park in Sydney, before moving to Melbourne for tertiary study. He attended Cranbrook School from the age of three to eighteen, during which he graduated in 2019 third in his year group overall. His favourite subjects in school were English, Drama and History; passions which he followed into Year 12 and University where he established himself as a humanities student.

In addition to his success in Debating, Joseph’s time at Cranbrook was also punctuated with involvement in public speaking, chess and theatre at school, interests which led him to leading roles in two school plays as well as to direct a play for school in 2018. In addition to tutoring, Joseph also has a passion for reading history and classic novels. He is currently reading ‘A History of the English-Speaking People’ and ‘In Search of Lost Time’.