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Learning with my teachers has helped me make sense of subjecs that would have been beyond me had I tried to study them unassisted. As a case in point, I originally had trouble excelling at algebra, finding its equations difficult to understand....

Could someone paraphrase "As a case in point"? Thanks for your help.

[Lorikeet]

For example