Sponsorships, as they have been discussed in my English 500 class, are not the type of sponsorships which I had originally thought of. Instead of being individual people, or even small companies or groups of people, sponsorships are larger "umbrellas" which influence literacy. In my own personal story, my parents were strong influences on how, when, and why I wrote, and the subjects in which I wrote about. To incorporate my parents into the broader scope of sponsorships for my literacy, I instead look at their careers. My dad was a pastor at a small Presbyterian church, and I spent many Sunday afternoons in his office which was filled with bland religious tomes. My mom's career, however, was probably more influential to my actual reading and writing. As a child of an elementary school teacher, I often arrived at school at eight o'clock in the morning, heard the last bell ring at three in the afternoon, and remained until dinner time nearly every day. I recall spending hours in the library, speedily reading entire series while my mom worked at her desk planning the next day's lessons, and then often recommending books for my mom's "classroom library". After laptops were introduced into individual classrooms, I began to split my time between reading, and writing short stories usually inspired by the fantasy books I had been reading. Writing became a verifiable source of enjoyment during my afternoons at school, and if I grew tired of writing, I simply turned off the computer, and read once again. I believe that these occasions became the turning point for my writing, and I began to see it as a fun activity.