There's actually quite a bit of logic in English. The reason the "English is chaos and can never be understood" theme is so common is that it's taught really badly in elementary and high schools.

The one time a decent English book made it into my elementary school, I suddenly found that there were rules one could deduce, instead of just doing rote memorization. Of course, by the next grade we were back using the crappy workbooks from a Boston publisher (with Boston-oriented pronunciation guides, I kid you not).