If learning about Shakespearean sonnets is actually about building writing and reading skills, then I would say the same for Laplace transforms: they are about

If learning about Shakespearean sonnets is actually about building writing and reading skills, then I would say the same for Laplace transforms: they are about building logic and math skills and not about actual laplace transforms per se. I suppose I agree with you, but I think math is not given enough credit.