Model Train Journal

Sometimes, we say that somebody or something "has class." What do we mean when we say that?
Class may be an abstraction, not something concrete, perhaps, but we feel we know it when we see or experience it in somebody else.

I've heard it said that class is something we cannot say about ourselves, however, for if we do, at that moment, we do not have class, by sayin it about ourselves. The assessment of a person having Class is something that can only be bestowed by others on others, not taken upon oneself.

In the public arena - sports; entertainment; politics; science; medicine; religion, etc. - as well as in our private lives, when have you experienced a person you felt had class? What was it about them that constituted their having class, in your mind, specifically ? Who is/was that person?

When have you seen a person you felt certain, by your definition, had zero class?

Class is what all us MTJ er's have.

Come on Murph, you knew that.


BH

To me it's been synonymous with a "lady" or a "gentleman" aka

"someone who always tries to make sure the people around him or her are as comfortable as possible."

or

long version:

The True Gentleman is the man whose conduct proceeds from good will and an acute sense of propriety, and whose self-control is equal to all emergencies; who does not make the poor man conscious of his poverty, the obscure man of his obscurity, or any man of his inferiority or deformity; who is himself humbled if necessity compels him to humble another; who does not flatter wealth, cringe before power, or boast of his own possessions or achievements; who speaks with frankness but always with sincerity and sympathy; whose deed follows his word; who thinks of the rights and feelings of others, rather than his own; and who appears well in any company, a man with whom honor is sacred and virtue safe.

As to you followup

When have you seen a person you felt certain, by your definition, had zero class?

Almost every hour or every day, whether in person or in the media. While they are still the exception rather than the rule it is disheartening that such behavior is now commonly accepted and worse, admired.

Chuck---
I second all of your comments!

Chuck, Flawless. Thank you.

Class:
"Nessun Dorma," aria, as sung by Andrea Bocelli.

Kindness. Kindness has class.

I just today watched an interview of Jackie Evancho and her brother who is now her sister.
In this twenty minute interview she never once said "Like" or "Ya' know". She also took questions from the audience.
She talked very calmly about losing most of her friends when her brother "came out" and she supported the LG???? movement
because of her "sister". I think this would be hard to do.
I also think that Miss Evancho is one of the talented young singers I have ever heard and I hope she continues her musical career.
I think she has CLASS.

Now I have said what I think and hope that some more of you will. I see no need to argue about our opinions on this .

She extended kindness and consideration toward her sibling.
Thank you, Roger, for your excellent contribution to the topic and my suggestion.
Murph

Jackie Evancho and sister Juliet Evancho on life after Jackie's inauguration performance
https://abcnews.go.com/US/jackie-evanch ... d=49114696

Singing the national anthem at a president’s inauguration should have been a crowning career moment for 17-year-old opera singer Jackie Evancho.

But her decision to sing at President Donald Trump's inauguration put her career in jeopardy. In the six months since, Evancho said she is still dealing with the waves of criticism she faced for performing and acknowledged the backlash she received affected her fan base.

She said fans accused her of turning her back on family, pointing to the Trump’s administration’s stance on LGBTQ rights, because of Evancho’s 19-year-old transgender sister, Juliet.

Class: Joan Baez, singing Diamonds and Rust, and that whole era of music.

Its opposite:
Meghan Markle's father has re-surfaced . He's likely figured out how he can cash-in.