I'm reminded of the scene in "Crocodile Dundee" in which the hero (who is being mugged) pulls out his 14-inch Bowie knife and says "that's not a knife...THIS is a knife". So Texas law allows a student to carry a pocket knife with a 5 1/2-inch blade? The Swiss Army knife I usually carry has a 2 1/2-inch blade, and its not allowed on US airlines. The K-bar I carried in Vietnam (and mostly used for opening cans of C-rations) has a 5 3/4-inch blade. A 5 1/2-inch pocket knife is a BIG knife.

So the kid gets expelled for having a 10-inch, dull, pointless, butterknife "in his possession", but will undoubtably be allowed to carry a .357 magnum pistol or 10mm automatic holstered on his hip in the meantime...or maybe he has to wait until he's 18 to do that. This is beyond logical...in fact, it is beyond the boundries of stupidity.