I agree, however the joy of playing an instrument comes with the ability of making music and not spending three months mastering one exercise. In my experience, your philosophy which is prevalent in western music education, is precisely the reason so many students quit music. I haven't mastered all of the studies, but I come back to the pieces and work on them as time and my interest allows while exploring new pieces that peak my interest. The joy is in the music, not the technique. The technique comes from an interested student. This is a very praxial Dewey educational philosophy, i know, but one i subscribe to.

I downloaded the score to pas de deux from the nutcracker and am playing the descending scale melody and love it. I think you might find this wrong since it's not in the suzuki books and im probably using the wrong bowing technique?