Tyler Freeman

2012-13 Outbound to France

Hometown: Clermont, FL

School: East Ridge High School

Sponsor: District 6980, FL

Host: District TBA, France

Tyler's Bio

Bonjour! My name is Tyler Freeman and I am heading to France for the 2012-2013 school year! I was born in Ocoee, but I have since moved to Clermont a large suburb of the city of Orlando. Our town is nestled on the intersection of two major roads, thus Clermont is the crossroads of multiple destinations and is on the road to someplace else. I want to find that someplace and Rotary’s given me that opportunity. I am currently a high school senior at East Ridge High School, a very large and diverse school, so I’ve gotten myself a large and odd bunch of people I call friends. I’ve also been told that there is a large chunk of the school (that I don’t know) who apparently know who I am… It’s pretty neat! My friends and family are where I draw strength from, so going overseas will be quite taxing on me, until I grab some new friends and family that is! I myself am an outgoing individual and always ready to jump on something new and say, “Ooh! What’s this!?” My parents poke fun at me for it sometimes, but it’s all in good terms. I live with my mom, dad, my sister, and my dog and we are very close knit and eat together every night. We talk about the day’s troubles and triumphs over the table and share a laugh or two. When I had first heard about the program from Mr. Krogmann, I was very excited to ask my parents, but I was also incredibly hesitant. It took me almost two weeks to ask them if they would attend a meeting to learn about the program, but I am so glad I did. They said that it sounded like a great program and that they were very excited to see their son take and interest in participating in something as significant as the Rotary Organization. However, they also voiced that they would be sorry to see me go anywhere for an extended period of time. I feel the same way about them. It’s going to be a long road to France, but it’s going to be worth it. I just need to do what I always do when presented with a large obstacle, grab some friends, think about it for a solution, and then get to work solving it! One of the first things Scott gave me when he told me I was an outbound student was a packet on France, so I decided to use two highlighters to show me what I didn’t know and what I thought was interesting. It was a pink and a yellow highlighter and almost all of it was orange! I’m excited to see what’s to come over the next year. In short, I’m a very odd somebody going to a very interesting someplace through the help of a great group of anybodies and a lifetime worth of somethings ahead of me, but only if I do a lot of hard work to accomplish certain things and do well with other stuff.

Tyler- Outbound to France