history: I remember when I was in 8th grade, I had to sing the national anthem at my middle school graduation in front of hundreds of students and parents I remember when I was in 8th grade_comma_ I had to sing the national anthem at my middle school graduation in front of hundreds of students and parents
current: It must have been nerve wracking! Did you do well?
next: I was so nervous that I actually started choking up! Good thing people thought it was the microphone malfunctioning!