Upside down or is it sideways?

Are we better judge on our self or is it the people around us?.Being called on to meet the head teacher , was quite surprised.Was racking up ma brain for a reason .As i sat before her, all ma courage vaporised and i felt shaky.She wrote down ma previous sem results, looked on to me with a strange expression"you can be the rank holder , if you try.I have at most confidence in you".I was taken aback,may be she called in the wrong person to talk to,that's what came into ma head."Mam i just wanna pass and complete ma degree successfully,score 75%.Rank is a distant dream,let alone the rank i haven't even thought about breaking into the top 5 position in class",ma answer was quick.She wasn't ready to allow me to walk out of the staff room until i promised her, i will try ma very best.Again last day ma Process Dynamics prof. included ma name on the top runners for highest score in the subject.Strange...

To be frank enough,I'm stuck in the wrong place.Not that i hate being an engineer but, this is not the place where i belong.When i tell people that I'm not technically inclined,ignorant of the latest scenario, they laugh.I can't even derive something from scratch .I do admire people like Anu George,who can make it big. Strangely enough, ma parents too think I'm intelligent no matter how hard it takes to convince them that every parent feels the same way about their kids.

Am i wrong or is it the people around me?. People see a whole lot of untapped potential in me where as, all i can see is someone who us trying to get out of the whole mess.So is ma untapped potential upside down or sideways?