now thats just harsh, true its your first test and all, but 10 for performance is what a duelist gets when he does mistakes in every match, every round, did i do it? no.
im not going to explain what i do and why i did that, but the main thing that bothers me is that you said "unneeded monster to the graveyard", the engine ice barrier is about is to send ice barrier monsters to the graveyard, and mostly gantala, cuz IB only works with the graveyard, so it's only logical that ill first use tidal's second effect to make the perfect setup to my graveyard.
and about the side deck options, i did not have anything to side against thunder, hieratics are not that common anymore so i removed it from my side deck, i found it useless.
but well, its your first test, and i hope the other teachers will tell you how to score fair and square