And then it was time. 
The unpleasant part of this job. Especially when the first shot didn’t do the job. Turns out, after a postmortem inspection that I shot too low on the forehead. No excuse and certainly not how you want to do it on class day. My shot was right between the eyes, it should have been about an inch or so higher. Of course the only time I’ve ever done this would be on class day. At least everyone saw how not to do it. 
A shot behind the ear did the trick. Now we can go to work.