Compromise in any context is often hard to accept. It feels like a person is giving up on his or her ideals. This is especially true in dealing with politics. Legislative and congressional bills can be written with the highest of ideals in mind. By the time the bill progresses through committees and the floor debate process, it can look like a political platypus. In this article, the author shares the lessons she learned about political compromise after a 2001 Texas legislature passed a law requiring a specific amount of minutes of physical activity for children in elementary grades. The bill required that elementary students should spend 150 minutes of physical education each week. However, by the time the bill was passed by the Senate and the House, the required hours for physical education became 135 minutes per week.