joke, story, symbolism, allegory, wordplay

do you remember when you were younger and someone told you some joke, story, symbolism, allegory, wordplay or explained something that made you realise or understand something new and different, 

a new concept 

other people heard other jokes, stories, symbolisms, allegories, wordplay 

or got explained something else 

what if most of those jokes, stories, symbolisms, allegories, wordplay were told to teachers so that teachers could tell those jokes, stories, symbolisms, allegories, wordplay to students