<p>I know I’ve said this before, but here I go again. My son’s teachers at MSM precollege always poo-poo’ed the All-State thing. They seemed to feel it was a waste of time. That worked fine with my son’s attitude that the judging criteria put you in an arbitrary box–he’s young and idealistic, what can I say? I know from having another kid who was All State and All Eastern for voice that it’s a good experience and probably looked good on his college application in terms of showing work ethic and ability.</p>