By the end of the school day for 55 third-grade students at Coronado Heights Elementary, Thunder guard Semaj Christon made sure he delivered three things: Bags full of Thunder goodies, fist bumps and a powerful reminder on kindness.
Christon spent Wednesday afternoon reading Tom Rath and Mary Reckmeyer’s “How Full is Your Bucket? For Kids” inside the school’s library as all eyes were riveted on him. The students promptly learned about the concept of an invisible bucket that carried the good thoughts and feelings through a day’s interactions of a boy named Felix.
By means of empathy, the metaphorical bucket served as an emotional barometer based on how the story’s young protagonist treated others and how others treated him.