history: After going from foster home to foster home, my buddy won a full ride scholarship to our state college. After going from foster home to foster home_comma_ my buddy won a full ride scholarship to our state college Wow_comma_ that's incredible! Good for him.
current: Yea, I'm pretty happy for him. I'm sure he'll do a lot for society.
next: I think so too, he knows what it's like to be down and out and to work hard for his own success.