Professor Gans is a very kind professor who really cares about his student's learning. I took him for French 12, which is about French poetry and other French literature, and even though I hate poetry, he made it interesting. He adjusted the syllabus to accomodate the whole class' progress to make it easier for us to learn and turn in hw on time too. He also changed the grading scale to our advantage based on what we were doing well in.
He is very specific about what he's going to grade on in his midterms and finals and if you take that into consideration when studying, it's really hard not to get a good grade.
He was really nice when I went to see him in his office hours. He really cares about you getting a good grade. If you really make an effort to read (which is not a lot), try to do the work and go see him in his office hours once in a while, he'll like you and probably give you a better grade than you deserve.