I am chuckling at your "right to squeak." DD has played violin for three years and is slack when it comes to practice. She is however a gifted musician who has close to perfect intonation (both when she sings and when she plays). She generally gets twice the results out of half the work and has earned a higher chair in the junior orchestra that she plays in despite other students working much harder. I am a little on the fence about this one, if knocking her down a peg would encourage her to practice more, I think I might be all for it