Respect but not Value??

When we were talking about values and respect in class it was intense. I understand that teachers might not get the best pay, they might not get treated with respect and they would not get all the cool things that other people do [like engineers], and they are not valued enough.Teaching it's still a job. However, the only thing I agree on is that the teachers are not valued enough, I see it as a cultural thing. I'm from Mexico, when I was still living there, there was no way that a parent could complain about their teaching. A teacher is seen as a respected and valued person that is actually teaching their children. It would be very hard for a student to raise his/her voice to a teacher, a teacher is also very valued. Parents always value the time that a teacher put into the students lives. Parents are also very involved and usually they get along well with the teachers. I'm speaking from a small region perspective. I think it's a region or cultural thing about all the issues that sometimes pop into a teachers lives. I never heard of any of these issues when I was in Mexico...However, I'm not saying that might not exist. It might exist....but I have yet to see it.