As a child, Tagore also hated going to school. He found it suffocating and oppressive. The experience of his schooldays in Calcutta shaped together his ideas of education. On growing years he wanted to set up a school where a child was happy, where he/she could be free, creative and was able to explore their own thoughts and desires. He was of the view that creative learning could be encouraged only within a natural environment. So he set up his school 100km away from Calcutta I. A rural setting. He saw it as an abode of peace (Santiniketan) where living in harmony with nature, children could cultivate their natural creativity.
