If you could change one thing about your country, what would it be?

[Argine]

Armenia is my mother country and i am very proud to be an Armenian. It is one of the oldest countries in the world, with a long history and, i am sure, with a great future.
But i think in our national mentality there are some features that do not assist the development of our country. Having the history of many centuries it has become our national character to glance back to the past, to the periods of our historical great achievements. It is very good not to forget our history, our great leader and powerful states. But it was in the past, and we should view it as the fact. And at the same time, accepting that fact, we should look forward to the future. Only in that case we will be able to create our society of the future based on the of the past.

TOEFL listening discussions: A conversation between a student and a campus patrolman

[Kitosdad]