I think it's a good idea, you just have to be really careful with: > “Will you tell me where I stand?” My comments on your work, and our conferences, should gi

I think it's a good idea, you just have to be really careful with: > “Will you tell me where I stand?” My comments on your work, and our conferences, should give you a good sense of how you’re progressing in the class. As an undergraduate student I had the experience of thinking I was doing just fine for an entire term (and to a lesser extent an entire year), only to find out at the end that I was doing so badly my professors actually wanted me to drop out of my course (despite my exam grades being ok-ish passing grades). I'm sure they thought they were communicating clearly, but they weren't. It probably didn't help that I spent my entire school career having teachers tell me I needed to put more effort into my homework only to get straight-A's in my exams. So similar messages in university didn't seem like a big deal.