Cavok not ok
Are you training in America? I got that impression when I flew there. In the particular part of the States where I was if so much as a whisp of cloud appeared or the wind was >10kts instructors looked at eachother in horror. I actually had my integrity questioned when I said my PPL IMC would let me fly in controlled airspace where the viz was touching 3km. When I said my PPL instructor took me up in a variety of poor weather situations and that I was shown how to effectively land a light aircraft in a fairly strong crosswind they thought I was mad!
IMO ask to experience as much as you can as it could save you one day!