When you institutionalized in government schools for your education? ( Just wondering)
No, I went to a Catholic school and got a great education! Won a few awards, got accepted to a few ivies, got big scholarships.
In defense of homeschooling, I think the most important things I learned at home: how to read, and how to enjoy learning. But even like the article mentions, school might help create the networks, but most of the activity goes on away from there.