Why one Catholic art teacher encourages 'continence of the eyes'

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Why one Catholic art teacher encourages 'continence of the eyes'

Monica Dix believes that if you’re the smartest person in the room, you’re in the wrong room.That’s why the 53-year-old artist and teacher will sometimes tack up one of her in-progress drawings where her room full of eighth-graders can see it, saying, “Okay, five things. Critique my work.” At first, they praise her art, and tell her she’s the best artist ever. “Then they dig in,” she said. They always find mistakes she didn’t see, and they’re no…