I am not having a go but It's brought a smile to my face.
If I could have a pound for every time a FO did a manual approach because of an imminent sim check I would be very rich.
On my first conversion course 30 odd years ago I remember being told that we could try anything we liked on the sim, in complete safety, because this is where we build up skills and knowledge to take forwards onto the line.
Now in 2005 we are blessed with school league tables, hospital star rating, continuous monitoring, and pilots using the aircraft to practice things, so they can then show how well they can fly the simulator.
Its a funny old world.