I’m just a regular K-6 PE Teacher, Jr High Science & PE Teacher, Teacher of Continuation students…unemployed as of May 20th, now a High School English teacher and who knows what else? I am a Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist, but am no longer in practice, because I love to teach! (Well, there’s a longer story there, but not enough time to explain) I have two beautiful sons, and 2 insane dogs. This blog started as an ode to teaching, but I have been running again (after 25 years) since Halloween 2007. My current fascination is on runners and the running world! I’ve run Nike Women’s Marathon, Los Angeles Marathon (twice), Marine Corps Marathon, and now training for Marathon #5 in San Luis Obispo. It seems as if I’ve caught the bug…
I’m an avid Dodgers fan. I love Seinfeld, and 24. I don’t consider myself a huge TV fan, but when I like a series, I end up buying them all on DVD. I have all of Seinfeld, some of 24 and Arrested Development, which was a great series. I love Sopranos too, so I guess I do like TV. I despise the reality shows. Except one. The Biggest Loser has some redeeming social qualities. So yeah, I like that one.
This blog chronicles my journey as a PE & Science teacher, who changed jobs to teach Language Arts at a school that shall not be named in Northern California. With the budget problems in CA that year, I changed to a school where I no longer had tenure! I did find a job teaching High School English, and finally ended up teaching in an online Charter School. The views expressed in this blog are my own, and do not reflect the views of any school. I’m also not responsible for content on any of the links on my blog. If there’s some colorful language, please just skip it. Don’t tell me about it.
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you are the best science and pe teacher ever
PE is hard but atleast i will fit in my graduation dress
your the greastest! P.E teacher that is lol jk.
hi mrs.Vermulen this is a nice blog.
Mrs.V is the best P.E. teacher ever!!!
mrs vermulen is the best e teacher she does all these good yoga exercises.
Hi Mrs. Vermuelen Your pe is the best ever, you put the work in work-out!!!!!
I agree, she is the best. I really like science because we get to do all these really cool experiments.
I like your picture>>>>>>>>it’z preety
Hey Mrs. Vermulen
BEiiN’ iiN y00R CLASS HAS BEEN VERy FUN THiiS yEAR..CHALLANGiiN’ ii ADMiiT BUT FUN..L0L…BUT MEMBER WE ARE THE BEST iiN M.U.S.D[MANTECA UNiFED SCHOOL DISTRiCT..BRiiNG iiT 0N!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*Kayla*[[8th]]
ur the best pe teacher i ever had i work out so much i ur class
hi! ur so awesum!
cute bloggie thingy mrs vermeulen
Hey Mrs. Vermuelen ….Well anyways just wanted to say that you are a great P.E and Science teacher … Well anyways just wante dto say kepp up the good work…
– Geovana
i like your picture…itz preetyy>>>>>>>!!!!!!!!!
hey hows it going!
Er…uh..hi! ^_^
mrs vermulen is the best pe teacher she does all these good yoga exercises.
mrs.vermuelen you`re awesomee !! :]
Hey Mrs. Vrmeulen umMmMmM ON THE LAST COMMENT THAT I LEFT YOU i LEFT A TYPE O………WELL SORRY JUST WANTED TO CLEAR THAT UP.
GEOVANA
heyy mrs. vermeulen!!
u r da best PE teacher!! i`m glad 2 hab u as a PE teacher =]
Hi Mrs Vermulen i gots a ? 4 u can we play more sports like doge ball or basket ball?????
er…uh….hi ^_^
Yeah dodgeball is fun!!
Dodgeball is horrid! Hurts kids, makes everyone afraid.
Nevah!
Hi Mrs. Vermulen! Nice blog ^.^ Your a really good teacher and im glad to be your student ^.^
Cute picture mrs.vermeulen! you the best pe teacher ever!
nice pic mz vermulen!!!!
nice pic mz vermulan when r we goin 2 play basketball agian lol
hey!! mrs vermeulen!!…..cute pic
nice pic mz vermulan when r we goin 2 play football or soccer lol
yah whin are we going to play football n coll pic mz V
You Look sooo Young Mrs. Vermeulen!!
MRS.V IS THE BEST PE TEACHER EVER BECAUSE WE COULD BE IN SHAPE….
hi, mrs.vermeulen! Just wondering if we cant try playing softball for p.e.?
We can if we have the equipment.
I agree you are probably the funnest/best/funniest/colest/awesomemst/every other good thing a teacher has.
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And your PE is very much thanked by my parents
(My parents said i was getting fat
We should play extreme dodgeball
Miss vermeulen i have to tell you. your the best science teacher ever..!!!
ok thanks
your blog is nice and i wish i can make one but my internet is not working!!!!!!
THES IS REALY COOL I MIGHT MAKE ONE TWO……
nice pic
n thanks 4 the blog its fun
im gonna make 1
would u please explain how 2
im just thinkin if we still get points 4 the ph
we had to write 4 everyday
u told us
my blog is a pain
Hi Mrs. vermeulen! I made my own blog! Its called scherry.wordpress.com. its really fun making them!
Francis, Tyler & Mrs. Ryan’s blogs are all added to my blogroll!
Cool!! thx mrs. vermeulen!!
great pic for your age!! glad to read so many wonderful comments…how about increasing weekly mile to two miles!!!
hi mr.shen!
we should play dodgeball but only if we want 2 play like at my old school they couldn’t make us if we did not want 2.or make us sign a waver saying that we wanted 2 play at our own risk so that the people who want 2 play can.
mr shen if we had to do that i think i would never make it alive well miss u mr shen history is just not the same to us young ppl!
hey Mrs. Vermeulen!
HI!!!
Hi Stephanie! Got a blog yet?
Hi everyone!!
I herd a rumor that the record mile time was 6:04;
I’m waiting for someone to beat this time…………………………….
hi everyone
my best time 4 da mile waz 8:02 but that waz in 6th grade now its like 12somethin.
this is tthe best P.E teacher that you can have i will miss you next year
HEY! IM JUST RELIZING THAT THIS IS BASICALLY A MYSPACE W/OUT THE NAME!!! LOL! YOUR NOT SNEAKY MRS.V….LOL….JP JP [[DONT GUVE ME A D.A.R]]
BUH THATS A REALLY NICE PICTURE OF YOU!!!♥
You got it Shelby!
I don’t do MySpace….
HEY MRS.VERMEULEN!!!…..i LiKE BEiN iN Y0UR CLASS!!!…yOU MAKE SCiENCE REALLY FUN TH0UGH!!…’ND GET US REALLY GiT US W0RKiN TUH GiT FiTTED!!…. -♥-C0URTNRY-♥-
thhanks 4 rock u
its good
can u tell me where the pix is gonna be
ON the slide show!
Ravneet! good job haha uve been waiting a long time now u finally mad it!
hi mrs.vermeulen i wuld have to say that you’re the best science and Pe TEACHER I HAVE HAD!! and you make science and pe so much fun!!
Navdeep, you’ve been working so hard. Today was a really hard day.
thanks mrs. vermeulen
also 4 the pix
That’s a great picture of you Ravneet! Good job!
thanks
im really happy
thanks melany
u r the bestest friend i’ev ever had
u r like my sister ilu
goodnight everyone
and melany i hope u have fun
and dont 4 get to get me what i told u to get me
bye lol
Hi Mrs. Vermeulen and Class!
I’m just checking out the coolest website ever! I love to see your class really get involved in the website! Great Job! Have a wonderful week!
Mrs. Parsons
Kindergarten
Thanks Mrs. Parsons!!!
i think the project is gonna b fun
hey mrs. Vermeulan how have you been….I just wanted to say thank-you for all of your support. Im am getting better. But i still miss my dad..
.zach.
Ms. Vermeulen you rock! I should get a blog
um… wow. none of the teachers at my old school would’ve never had one of these blog thingys lol. This is my first time leaving a comment on this blog thingy. It’s kind of cool =]
were is that place of biomes
Brenda, go to the Vipers page and click on the webquests. It’s the last one.
wow,Queen Viper! U have almost 100 comments on here.U have people addicted to Gymnotes Blog like Line Rider.And there’s somthing different about your blog;may-b it’s the color.wat-evr it is,I like it…
by the way, nobody even bothered to retrn my reply about the rumor I heard…(sobbing)NO ONE WANTS TO BE MY FRIEND!
Thanks Dayvonn. Glad you’re back.
The rumor is the mile time??
Yes;but sumthin els bugs me. about the dodgeball conversation.I fully agree with u, but i also agree with Micheal.dodgeball IS fun.
Dayvonn, what is it??
hello everyone
WhY Do yOu hAvE tO MoVe mRs.vErMeUlAn…………… ItS NoT GoInG To bE THe sAmE wItHoUt yOu….=(
Hey mrs.vermeuln i aam going to miss u when you go…and congrats and good luck on being a english teacher i wish you the best….
love you always shanice…
♥shanice♥
I can not believe that you are going to be moving to another school and going to be an ENGLISH TEACHER!!!(no offense Mrs. Ryan):) It is just that I think of you a a Science teacher. Well its is not going to be the same without you. I WILL MISS YOU!!!
heart;Stephanieheart;
♥Stephanie♥
I kind of made a mistake on the first thing I sent!!! I ment to put……………
♥Stephanie&herats;
I mean………..
♥Stephanie♥
You r the best science and p.e. thacher i had and probably will have i’ll really miss you
It’s not gonna feel the same next year when you leave…I’ll miss you…
hahah
Hey Lina,
You’re no regular teacher if all your kids think you’re the “best”! That’s very unusual…but great!
I don’t doubt it either. Your passion for teaching is amazing. The schools down here in LA need teachers like you.
To all her students – don’t make it easy for her! But, don’t be brats either.
LOL (oh, and I’m her sister)
hi
http://regine.learnerblogs.org/
mrs. v can u tell me where is mr. shen’s blog
It’s an early post, called Mr. Shen. Go down to the bottom of the page, click next page, and keep doing that until you find it!
ok thanks!!!
Mrs.vermulin i am going to miss you so much……do you really have to go…are you stiil going to keep your blog so that we can talk to you over that to see how you are doing…and you have to caome and visit the school sometime kk……
well love you .lots…..
♥shanice♥
Thanks Shanice. You can keep talking to me on the blog, for sure.
dang mrs. vermeulen yor popular….everyone loves you…..i wish you wouldnt leave next year.ok well i g2g….
zach penirian
thanks Mrs.Vermulen i will be messaging you all of the time…..you are the best science teacher that i have ever met befor in mylife…and i just wanna say thanks for everything that you have ever thought me i really do apprecate it a lot……..
♥love you lots♥
♥shanice♥
dodgeball is cool& fun,but only if u play it correctly….and its not horrid.
hey mrs. vermulan do you know the website that translate english into spanish…
alta vista babel fish google that.
thanks mrs. vermulan
mrz vermulan i finlly figured out how 2 put music on my blog thx!! it took me sooo long buh thxz ny ways!
Haha sorry i wasn’t on your blog Mrs. V Your students blogs are just so good =D haha XD
hey mrs v those health blogs look so good
the people who smoke should visit those blogs
i thing they r very help to the people who smoke
Mrs Vermeulen i found a job you cant get fired drom it is federal government employees.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1838356/posts
Julian
im sooooooooooooooooooooooooo happy that we finisned the science final. i think that for finals we should do projects, its lot easyer.
gonna miss you next year.. well we`re goin off to high school i might see you again sometime in my life.. [hopefully]
so r u having fun mrs. v
how do u like ur new school
i dont think u like the classroom very much
do u
Ravneet, I don’t start until August 13th!
u now when u showed us the earth cam
can u tell me how do u get to the page where u fill ur address and they show u your house
please can u tell me how to find that please
and mrs. v can u tell me ur email address please
lvermeulen@musd.net
I think it’s Google Earth Cam, but when I googled it, I couldn’t find it!
Thanks for leading me here with your Tweet! I went to public schools in Northern California… and have written language arts textbooks for 8+ years.
For some reason, I think you’d dig my running/blogging Dad friend, Kevin:
http://5ksandcabernets.blogspot.com/