<human>: I've been seeing this girl for over a year, and things are getting serious now.  I've met her brothers, but have not yet met her mom and dad.  She's Asian and I'm white/Hispanic.  

She recently told her parents about me, and they are "in shock".  They've been lecturing her a lot, and overall seem very critical of her decision.

A big part of the issue, from what I gather, is the importance they put on education.  I dropped out of college.  Despite that, I make enough money to support us.  There is a clear cultural difference here though.  I see education as a means to an end, and if I have the end (a good job), then I don't need education.  Whereas her family sees education as an end of its own, that education itself is social status.  

She will be meeting my mom next month, and after that the plan is for me to meet her parents.  Any advice on how to handle that meeting?  And any advice on what we should do in the meantime to perhaps get them to ease up on her?  I think it's really depressing her that they don't approve and that they're so critical of her, that they don't seem to care about her happiness.  

We're both 28, and I'm a guy.  She has a masters degree and recently started a full-time job.

Can you give me the gist of the text in a nutshell?
<bot>: Girlfriend's parents don't approve. They have cultural differences that value education more than I do.  How do I gain their approval?